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The second edition of this elemental handbook reviews the current state of theory and practice in the field while emphasizing a more practical/applied approach to IT topics such as information management, net-centric computing, and human computer interaction. With a complete revision of its sections on software engineering, architecture, and operating systems, this now thoroughly up-to-date manual is as cutting-edge in the new millennium as it was in the nineties. The Computer Science Handbook, Second Edition includes new information on Web-based software, speech recognition, data mining, cryptography, and distributed objects computing as well as references and sources for further information.
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Second Edition
COMPUTER Science h a n d b o o k
EditOR-IN-CHIEF
Allen B. Tucker
CHAPMAN & HALL/CRC Published in Cooperation with ACM, The Association for Computing Machinery
© 2004 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Computer science handbook / editor-in-chief, Allen B. Tucker—2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58488-360-X (alk. paper) 1.Computer science-Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Engineering—Hanbooks, manuals, etc. I. Tucker, Allen B. QA76.C54755 2004 004—dc22
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