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As it happens, at the time I received the first edition, the virus research community was looking into a purported virus in a GIF file. The consensus was that the virus was a hoax, but the question remained as to whether it was possible. In very few minutes I had the information that GIF 89a format files may contain an application extension Block. Depending upon the file reader, it could be possible to generate an executable program. All of which is by way of saying that this work truly is encyclopedic. The promotional material states that it is a resource for graphics specialists, but the book has great worth for others, as well. The ten chapters in part one offer a brief but wide-ranging overview of computer graphics. Part two ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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A book may fail in any number of ways. It may be boring. It may talk above the level of the target audience. It may contain errors. It's pretty bad, though, when you can't even tell what the book, or topic, is about. Having read the book through, I can tell you that OpenDoc has something to do with object-oriented programming, and something to do with allowing modules written in different programming environments to work together. that's about it. At the end of chapter two, the authors suggest that those with a computer background may have problems with the concepts, while non-technical people have none. Allow me to suggest that this may be because the authors have patched together a jungle of pseudo-profound verbiage which is o... Rest of this review on the detail page
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You need a graphical user interface, and it needs to run on multiple platforms. You don't have much time, and you're not a wizard with X/Motif, the Win32 GUI, or the Mac GUI. The project seems impossible, but with Tcl/Tk it's simple and fun. The Tcl scripting language and the Tk toolkit create a powerful programming environment for building graphical user interfaces. With two lines of code you can create a simple button; with two hundred lines of code, a desktop calculator; and with a thousand lines of code, an industrial-strength groupware calendar and appointment minder. Your applications run on all of the major platforms: UNIX, Windows 95/NT, and Macintosh. You can even embed your programs in a Web page to make them available online. Mar... Rest of this review on the detail page
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The first book in O'Reilly's new Java documentation series, Exploring Java introduces the basics of Java, the new object-oriented programming language for networked applications. This book shows you how to get up to speed writing Java applets and other applications In this book, you will learn about: History and principles of Java How to write simple applets How to integrate applets into the World Wide Web Java Class Libraries Using threads Using arrays Network programming Content and protocol handling Using the Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT) Writing a security manager --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Digital electronics is the heart of the computer world. There is a visceral and, to use the modern argot, empowering response when you first build an "adder" circuit and realize the AND, OR and NOT really *can* compute. (This response is heightened if you also know how to build AND from transistors, tubes or relays.) Once you've built some basic circuitry, there may remain some unknown areas of computer operation, but none labelled "magic". If you are fortunate enough to find a class in digital electronics you will probably be presented with a drawerful of prototyping "boards", bits of wire, and a large number of TTL (transistor-transistor logic) chips nestled carefully in sheets of black anti-static foam. Not *too* large a number, ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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