Description: Written by the team that developed the software, this tutorial is the definitive resource for scientists, engineers, and other computer users who want to use PVM to increase the flexibility and power of their high-performance computing resources. PVM introduces distributed computing, discusses where and how to get the PVM software, provides an overview of PVM and a tutorial on setting up and running existing programs, and introduces basic programming techniques including putting PVM in existing code. There are program examples and details on how PVM works on UNIX and multiprocessor systems, along with advanced topics (portability, debugging, improving performance) and troubleshooting.

Description: ISDN Explained Worldwide Network and Applications Technology Third Edition John M. Griffiths and the staff at BT Laboratories, UK ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) is now an established communications development and continues to replace modems as a fast transmission mechanism. This significantly updated and expanded third edition of ISDN Explained provides an overview of the principles and applications of ISDN operation and application. Building on the success of the first and second editions, this new version provides more detail on the broadband aspects and adds a complete reference section on the signalling access protocols that control an ISDN connection. Other features in this comprehensive guide include:
??� complete coverage of the increasing number of supplementary services and the embedded data channel
??� useful end of chapter questions with solutions included at the end of the text
??� listing of ISDN terms in French, German and Spanish.

Description: This book presents an integrated technology, Design for Trustworthy Software (DFTS), to address software quality issues upstream such that the goal of software quality becomes that of preventing bugs in implementation rather than finding and eliminating them during and after implementation. The thrust of the technology is that major quality deployments take place before a single line of code is written!

This customer-oriented integrated technology can help deliver breakthrough results in cost, quality, and delivery schedule thus meeting and exceeding customer expectations. The authors describe the principles behind the technology as well as their applications to actual software design problems. They present illustrative case studies covering various aspects of DFTS technology including CoSQ, AHP, TRIZ, FMEA, QFD, and Taguchi Methods and provide ample questions and exercises to test the readers understanding of the material in addition to detailed examples of the applications of the technology.

Description: Internet Phone Services Simplified gives you the most basic need-to-know information and then teaches you how to get the most out of your VoIP phone services:

* Understand how broadband VoIP, Internet VoIP, and VoIP Chat services work
* Learn about and compare different services, their advantages, and their limitations
* Subscribe to a service, install equipment, and troubleshoot issues that might arise
* Integrate services into your home, including reusing your existing house telephone wiring and phone handsets
* Extend VoIP throughout your home by using multiline, extendable cordless phone systems
* Take advantage of VoIP features, including virtual phone numbers and listening to voicemail using your computer while traveling

Description: In this book two highly experienced teachers of anaesthesia provide the practical information on all the procedures an anaesthetist is called upon to perform, both every day and in an emergency. The whole spectrum of anaesthetic practice is covered, from assessing the airway and checking the machines to management of specific complications.

Description: This book covers in detail the Open System Interconnection (OSI) reference model and the TCP/IP protocols that operate that different layers. Its coverage includes various application protocols. The authors explain in an easy-to-read style networking concepts and protocols, with examples that make the book a practical guide in addition to its coverage of theory.

Description: Do you want to push Ruby to its limits? The Ruby Cookbook is the most comprehensive problem-solving guide to today's hottest programming language. It gives you hundreds of solutions to real-world problems, with clear explanations and thousands of lines of code you can use in your own projects.

From data structures and algorithms, to integration with cutting-edge technologies, the Ruby Cookbook has something for every programmer. Beginners and advanced Rubyists alike will learn how to program with:
* Strings and numbers
* Arrays and hashes
* Classes, modules, and namespaces
* Reflection and metaprogramming
* XML and HTML processing
* Ruby on Rails (including Ajax integration)
* Databases
* Graphics
* Internet services like email, SSH, and BitTorrent
* Web services
* Multitasking
* Graphical and terminal interfaces