Computer Science category: 2288 books

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have profoundly changed many aspects of life, including the nature of entertainment, work, communication, education, healthcare, industrial production and business, social relations and conflicts. They have had a radical and widespread impact on our...

Raspberry Pi 3 User Guide to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Raspberry Pi 3 Have some Raspberry Pi! No, of course, we're not talking about dessert. We're talking about Raspberry Pi, the ongoing, ever evolving microcomputer project that's putting computers into the hands of developing countries...

The very first electronic computers were invented at the end of World War II. They were very large machines that could only be used in special air conditioned rooms. Today, almost everybody carries a computer in their pocket, in their mobile phone. How did all this come about in only 70 years? This...

How can we increase awareness and understanding of other cultures using interactive digital visualizations of past civilizations? In order to answer the above question, this book first examines the needs and requirements of virtual travelers and virtual tourists. Is there a market for virtual travel?...

Advances in the biomedical sciences, especially genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, taken together with the expanding use of electronic health records, are radically changing the IT infrastructure and software applications needed to support the transfer of knowledge from bench to bedside. Pediatric...

Cosa c'è alla base di una rete informatica? Innanzitutto un computer... Come fanno due computer a comunicare tra loro? Internet è la più ampia e conosciuta rete informatica, ma come è nata? e quali sono le altre reti? Internet offre infinite possibilità, ma quali sono i siti più utilizzati?...

The equation "Mind = Machine" is false. This pocket lexicon of "neuromythology" shows why. Taking a series of key words such as calculation, language, information and memory, Professor Tallis shows how their misuse has a lured a whole generation into accepting the computational model of the mind.First...

We all know about the importance of data backup, data integrity, Virus applications, Antivirus to cope with them, saving out files to DVD's and hoping that our hard work of downloading billion cat pictures and the PHD thesis we work on will not go to infinity by mistake. We have to take several steps...

Computing is transforming how we interact with music. New theories and new technologies have emerged that present fresh challenges and novel perspectives for researchers and practitioners in music and human-computer interaction (HCI). In this collection, the interdisciplinary field of music interaction...

In decenni di informatica personale ci hanno insegnato una necessità fondamentale che spesso abbiamo trascurato pagandone le conseguenze: le informazioni digitali sono ‘volatili’ in quanto virtuali, e basta davvero poco per danneggiarli, distruggendoli in parte o totalmente. Ci è stato spiegato...

Die Geschichte des Computers zeigt die Entwicklung der ersten Rechnmaschinen bis zu den heutigen Computer-Technologien. Ebenso werden Konrad Zuse, und von Neumann erwähnt, die grundlegend dazu beigetragen haben, dass die Computer der heutigen Zeit so sind wie sie heute sind. Folgen Sie mir durch...

BTEC National for IT Practitioners: Systems Units has been written specifically to cover the systems pathway of the BTEC National specifications. This book caters for one of the most popular pathways in the BTEC National specifications, bringing together all the key specialist units for students...

Seven Deadliest Network Attacks identifies seven classes of network attacks and discusses how the attack works, including tools to accomplish the attack, the risks of the attack, and how to defend against the attack. The book consists of seven chapters that deal with the following attacks: (i) denial...

What happens when machines become smarter than humans? Forget lumbering Terminators. The power of an artificial intelligence (AI) comes from its intelligence, not physical strength and laser guns. Humans steer the future not because we’re the strongest or the fastest but because we’re the smartest....