Computing Books published by Prentice-Hall

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There are 33 Computing Books published by Prentice-Hall in our collection :

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Date: Introduction to TRS-80 Level II Basic and Computer Programming

From the blurb:

This is an easy-to-follow book suitable for a wide variety of readers who are new to computers and computer programming. It is ideal for the beginner who wants to learn about computers without wishing to become an expert. Dr. Zabinski's INTRODUCTION TO TRS-80 LEVEL II BASIC AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING shows how to use the TRS-80 computer for a wide range of exciting applications such as checkbook balancing, computer graphics, multiplication tables, magic squares and video games.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Michael P. Zabinski
Platform: TRS-80

Date: 1967 Design of real-time computer systems.

This is an essential handbook in the expanding field of data processing. Its conveniently organised contents reach into most applications in today's business, industrial, and governmental activities.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: James Martin
Platform: Real-Time Systems

Date: 1968 Computer Evaluation of Mathematical Functions

Computer Evaluation of Mathematical Functions meets the growing need for a convenient guide to the mathematical techniques employed for coding the computer programs required to evaluate such transcendental functions as sinx and logx.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: C. T. Fike
Platform: Mathematics

Date: 1969 Computer Sorting

This book is the first to cover adequately the important subject of sorting with its applications to commercial problems, compiler and assembler design, scientific problems, operating systems and list processing.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Ivan Flores
Platform: Sorting

Date: 1970 The Computerized Society

An appraisal of the impact of computers on society over the next fifteen years.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: James Martin, Adrian R D Norman James
Platform: Society

Date: 1972 Internal Sorting Methods Illustrated with PL/1 Programs

Internal Sorting Methods presents a well-written, logically organized, and thorough review of the alternative methods for sorting data files in the internal memory system of modern digital computers.

Sorting methods treated in this volume include integral methods, merging, ancestral sorting, counting, selection sorting, sorting in place, P-operator method, sifting (the Shell sort), partitioning (Quick-sort), and Treesort 3.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Robert P. Rich
Platform: Sorting

Date: 1973 The Theory of Parsing, Translation, and Compiling - Volume II: Compiling

Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Alfred V. Aho, Jeffrey D. Ullman
Platform: Compiling

Date: 1973 A SNOBOL4 Primer

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Ralph E. Griswold and Madge T. Griswold
Platform: SNOBOL4

Date: 1974 Programming Languages: History and Fundamentals

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Jean E. Sammet
Platform: Programming

Date: 1975 String and List Processing in SNOBOL 4

Techniques and Applications

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Ralph E. Griswold
Platform: SNOBOL4

Date: 1978 Structured Programming and Problem-Solving with PASCAL

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Richard B. Kieburtz
Platform: Pascal

Date: June 1980 Functional Programming Application and Implementation

Publisher: Prentice-Hall

Platform: Programming

Date: 1981 Principles Of Programming Languages

This book covers the theory of programming. It explores syntax, data, storage, control, binding, procedural abstraction, parameters, definitions and blocks, jumps, concurrent processes, types and formal semantics.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: R. D. Tennent
Platform: Programming

Date: 1982 Developing Microcomputer-based Business Systems

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Chris Edwards
Platform: Microcomputers

Date: 1982 Programming a Personal Computer

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Per Brinch Hansen
Platform: Programmimg

Date: 1983 VAX-11 Assembly Language Programming

This new book by Sara Baase teaches the assembly language for the widely used VAX-11, a popular machine with an advanced architecture. Written for those who do not know any assembly language, it is also suitable for anyone already experienced in assembly language who wants to learn about the VAX-11.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Sara Baase
Platform: VAX-11

Date: 1983 Software Maintenance - The Problem and its Solutions

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: James Martin, Carma McClure
Platform: Software Maintenance

Date: 1983 100 Programs for the BBC Microcomputer

100 programs for the BBC microcomputer

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: John Gordon
Platform: BBC Micro

Date: 1984 Forth: The New Model

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Jack Woehr
Platform: Forth

Date: 1984 Thinking FORTH

A Language and Philosophy for Solving Problems

Classifications
Dewey Decimal Class 001.64/24
Library of Congress QA76.73.F24 B763 1984

ID Numbers
Open Library OL2846258M
Control Number 84008362
Library Thing 249767

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Leo Brodie
Platform: Forth

Date: 1984 Networking with the BBC Microcomputer

A local area network is a group of computers connected by cable, that can share resources such as disks and printers, and can also share information. Every BBC Microcomputer has the potential to be a part of a local area network.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: R. G. Napier
Platform: BBC Micro

Date: February 1984 Quantitative System Performance: Computer System Analysis Using Queueing Network Models

Hardcover: 417 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall (February 1984)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0137469756
ISBN-13: 978-0137469758
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.2 inches

This text was published by Prentice-Hall, Inc., in 1984. It remains the definitive work on analytic modelling of computer systems.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Edward D. Lazowska, John Zahorjan, G. Scott Graham, Kenneth C. Sevcik
Platform: Networking

Date: 1986 Learning LOGO on the BBC Micro

This book is intended to introduce the Logo computer programming language to computing novices. The eight chapters are packed with interesting things to do:

Starting Up the Turtle
Editing and Debugging Procedures
Turtle Projects
Recursion and More Turtle Projects
Naming Things and Doing Arithmetic
Recursion and Lists
Secret codes
Creating a Computer Poet

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Anne McDougall, Tony Adams & Pauline Adams
Platform: BBC Micro

Date: 1986 FORTH: A Text and Reference

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Mahlon Kelly and Nicholas Spies.
Platform: FORTH

Date: 1986 Starting FORTH (Second Edition)

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Leo Brodie and FORTH Inc.
Platform: FORTH

Date: 1986 The Design of the UNIX Operating System

In this timely new book, Maurice J. Bach traces the popularity of the UNIX system throughout the computer industry. The author describes the internal algorithms and structures that form the basis of the operating system (the kernel) and their relationship to the programmer interface. Among its key features, the book: *Describes the outline of the kernel architecture *Introduces the system buffer cache mechanism *Includes data structures and algorithms used internally by the file system *Covers the system calls that provide ... Show more In this timely new book, Maurice J. Bach traces the popularity of the UNIX system throughout the computer industry. The author describes the internal algorithms and structures that form the basis of the operating system (the kernel) and their relationship to the programmer interface. Among its key features, the book: *Describes the outline of the kernel architecture *Introduces the system buffer cache mechanism *Includes data structures and algorithms used internally by the file system *Covers the system calls that provide the user interface to the file system *Defines the context of a process and investigates the internal kernel primitives that manipulate the process context *Presents the system calls that control the process context *Describes process scheduling *Discussed memory management, including swapping and paging systems *Outlines general driver interfaces, with specific discussion of disk drivers and terminal drivers *Presents an overview of streams *Introduces inter-process communication and networking, including System V messages, shared memory, and semaphores *Explains tightly couples multiprocessor UNIX systems *Investigates distributed UNIX systems Hide

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Maurice J. Bach
Platform: Unix

Date: June 1986 Program Construction and Verification

Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0137291465
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Roland C. Backhouse
Platform: Programming

Date: 1987 Software Engineering: A Programming Approach

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Doug Bell, Ian Morrey, John Pugh
Platform: Software Engineering

Date: 1987 IBM PC Assembler Language and Programming

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Peter Abel
Platform: PC

Date: 1987 Unix System Readings and Applications, Volume I

Unix System Readings and Applications, Volume I is a collection of articles on Unix operating system. This edition was published in 1987 by Prentice-Hall.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Various
Platform:

Date: 1987 Unix System Readings and Applications, Volume II

Unix System Readings and Applications, Volume II is a collection of articles on Unix operating system. This edition was published in 1987 by Prentice-Hall.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Various
Platform:

Date: 1991 Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume I: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture

Second Edition

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Douglas E. Comer
Platform: Networking

Date: 1997 Fuzzy Logic & NeuroFuzzy Applications In Business & Finance

In this hands-on, practical guide, you'll walk through powerful fuzzy logic business applications for business, including risk assessment, forecasting, supplier evaluation, customer targeting and scheduling. You'll watch fuzzy logic at work analyzing credit risk, evaluating leases, making stock market decisions, and uncovering fraud.

Then model your own fuzzy logic applications with fuzzy TECH for Business simulation software for Windows. You'll even learn how to integrate fuzzy logic decisionmaking with your existing data, and standard business software such as MS-Excel, MS-Access, and Visual Basic.

Decisions about credit, investments, suppliers, direct marketing, forecasting and quality control. ISBN 0-13-591512-0. Disc included. 375 Pages.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Constantin Von Altrock
Platform: