Computer & Internet

In this book, we will look at some of the central issues in the philosophy of computer science. The book is not designed to answer all (or even any) of the philosophical questions that can be raised about the nature of computers and computer science. Rather, it is designed to “bring you up to speed” on a conversation about these issues— to give you some of the background knowledge about them—so that you can read the literature for yourself and perhaps become part of the conversation by contributing your own views.

A framework streamlines application development by automating many of the patterns employed for a given purpose. A framework also adds structure to the code, prompting the developer to write better, more readable, and more maintainable code. Ultimately, a framework makes programming easier, since it packages complex operations into simple statements.

This mini book is a collection of four chapters pulled from Android Application Development for the Intel Platform, designed to give developers an introduction to creating great user interfaces for their Android applications. These chapters cover topics ranging from the differences between developing UIs for desktop systems and embedded systems to optimizing the UI of applications for touchscreens.

This book is Part I of a two-part set that introduces the Java programming language. The text assumes the student will be using the BlueJ development environment and provides some introductory BlueJ material. Our experience has been that BlueJ is easy to learn and provides a good programming environment for the beginner programmer.

This document is a guide to the use of the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module, a software component intended for use with the OpenSSL cryptographic library and toolkit. It is a companion document to the OpenSSL FIPS 140-2 Security Policy document submitted to NIST as part of the FIPS 140-2 validation process.

To study parallel programming with this book, you’ll need the following prerequisite knowledge: Java programming; C programming (for GPU programs); computer organization concepts (CPU, memory, cache, and so on); operating system concepts (threads, thread synchronization).

Deep Learning is a new area of Machine Learning research, which has been introduced with the objective of moving Machine Learning closer to one of its original goals: Artificial Intelligence.

Our world is being revolutionized by data-driven methods: access to large amounts of data has generated new insights and opened exciting new opportunities in commerce, science, and computing applications. Processing the enormous quantities of data necessary for these advances requires large clusters, making distributed computing paradigms more crucial than ever.

The main aim of this book is to teach D to readers who are new to computer programming.

This manual documents the use of Fuzzy Logic Tools (FLT), a C++ framework for storage, analysis and design of fully general multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy control systems, without constraints in the order of either the inputs or the output vectors.

Sonic Pi is a powerful new kind of musical instrument. Instead of strumming strings or whacking things with sticks, you write code... live. We call it live coding.

While countless millions of us take great pleasure spending hours racking up high scores in our favourite games, few of us are ever exposed to the delights of making them in the first place. It’s far from easy, but learning to code your own shoot-’em-up is infinitely more satisfying than beating any end-of-level boss.

Sometimes only words will do. Graphic user interfaces (GUIs) were a great advance, creating an easy route into computer use for many non-technical users. For complex tasks, though, the interface can become a limitation: blocking off choices, and leaving a circuitous route even for only moderately complicated jobs.

Space exploration is fascinating and inspiring for children and adults alike. With the tiny Raspberry Pi computer helping to change the world little-by-little, it was only a matter of time before it went to space to help out there as well. This new adventure is called the Astro Pi project. To help the Raspberry Pi in its extraterrestrial mission, the Sense HAT was created to provide more functionality; the Sense HAT board sits on top of the Raspberry Pi, and has lights and sensors to allow the Pi to interact with the outside world.

Advanced Linux Programming is intended for the programmer already familiar with the C programming language. Authors Alex Samuel, Jeffrey Oldham, and Mark Mitchell of CodeSourcery, LLC take a tutorial approach and teach the most important concepts and power features of the GNU/Linux system in application programs.

Just over seven million Raspberry Pis have been sold around the world. That makes this credit card-sized PC one of the most successful computers the UK has ever made. It’s quite amazing really, that a tiny UK charity, dedicated to making computing and computer science affordable and available to people from all walks of life, should end up with such an incredible success story on their hands.

This project is designed as a way of learning physical computing (the combination of computer programming with electronic circuits) in a fun way.

The purpose of this text is to provide a reference for University level assembly language and systems programming courses.

GPU computing supposed a major step forward, bringing high performance computing to commodity hardware. Feature-rich parallel languages like CUDA and OpenCL reduced the programming complexity. However, to fully take advantage of their computing power, specialized parallel algorithms are required. Moreover, the complex GPU memory hierarchy and highly threaded architecture makes programming a difficult task even for experienced programmers. Due to the novelty of GPU programming, common general purpose libraries are scarce and parallel versions of the algorithms are not always readily available.

Commonsense temporal reasoning is full of situations that require drawing default conclusions, since we rarely have all the information available. Unfortunately, most modal temporal logics cannot accommodate default reasoning, since they typically deal with a monotonic inference relation. On the other hand, non-monotonic approaches are very expensive and their treatment of time is not so well delimited and studied as in modal logic.