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Book Synopsis<>  Learn On-Demand TV, DVRs, Music, Games, Books, and More!   With My Digital Entertainment for Seniors, you’ll discover easy ways to access and experience entertainment using today’s technology, without getting confused or bogged down with techno-babble—and without spending a fortune. This easy-to-follow guide covers all aspects of entertainment—movies, TV shows, radio, music, newspapers and magazines, books, and more—whether you’re using a computer, mobile device, or other technology.   Specifically, you'll:  Get acquainted with all forms of digital entertainment that are available in everyday life, including on-demand TV shows, movies, music and radio programming, podcasts, eBooks and audiobooks, digital editions of newspapers and magazines, YouTube videos, and interactive games.Discover the difference between streaming and downloa

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Book SynopsisThe official art book for Hideo Kojima's DEATH STRANDING. After the collapse of civilization, Sam Bridges must journey across a ravaged landscape crawling with otherworldly threats to save mankind from the brink of extinction. From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes an all-new, genre-defying experience for the PlayStation(R)4 system, nominated for the DICE Game of the Year Award. In the near future, mysterious explosions have rocked the planet, setting off a series of supernatural events known as the Death Stranding. With spectral creatures plaguing the landscape, and the planet on the verge of a mass extinction, it's up to Sam Bridges to journey across the ravaged continent and save mankind from impending annihilation. The Art of Death Stranding is packed with hundreds of pieces of concept art for the characters, equipment, locations and creatures featured in the game, as well as early and unused concepts, including artwork by acclaimed artist Yoji Shinkawa.Trade Review“Well worth picking up...every element of the concept art makes for a treat for the eyes” 9/10 - Adventures in Poor Taste"An artbook so lovely inside and out, you’ll want to strap it to yourself like a BB." - Adventures in Poor Taste"Just the thing to make you want to jump back into Kojima’s haunting world." - The Verge “stuffed to the brim with astonishing artwork” - Comicbook.com“Death Stranding gives players plenty to noodle on, and this book shows just how it all came together -- it’s a must have for any Kojima fan” 95/100 - Gaming Trend

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Book SynopsisThis best-selling book uses concrete examples, minimal theory, and production-ready Python frameworks--scikit-learn, Keras, and TensorFlow--to help you gain an intuitive understanding of the concepts and tools for building intelligent systems.

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Book Synopsis'Boldly reactionary... What looks like feast, Carr argues, may be closer to famine' Sunday Times'Chilling' The EconomistIn this ground-breaking and compelling book, Nicholas Carr argues that not since Gutenberg invented printing has humanity been exposed to such a mind-altering technology. The Shallows draws on the latest research to show that the Net is literally re-wiring our brains inducing only superficial understanding. As a consequence there are profound changes in the way we live and communicate, remember and socialise - even in our very conception of ourselves. By moving from the depths of thought to the shallows of distraction, the web, it seems, is actually fostering ignorance. The Shallows is not a manifesto for luddites, nor does it seek to turn back the clock. Rather it is a revelatory reminder of how far the Internet has become enmeshed in our daily existence and is affecting the way we think. This landmark book compels us all to look anew at our dependence on this all-pervasive technology.This 10th-anniversary edition includes a new afterword that brings the story up to date, with a deep examination of the cognitive and behavioural effects of smartphones and social media.Trade ReviewA boldly reactionary book... Its thesis is simple and persuasive. The things that we do have a physical effect on our brains... What looks like feast, Carr argues, may be closer to famine... The internet is a distraction machine. -- Sam Leith * Sunday Times *Essential reading about our internet age. * New York Times Book Review *The most readable overview of the science and history of human cognition to date... Carr draws some chilling inferences. * The Economist *An elegantly written cry of anguish... Hair-raising. -- John Harris * Guardian *Carr straddles the book-dominated and web-dominated worlds and is at home in both... Mild-mannered, never polemical, with nothing of the Luddite about him, Carr makes his points with wide-ranging erudition. -- Christopher Caldwell * Financial Times *Unhurried... even-handed... Carr constantly emphasises the fact that screen technologies are neither evil nor miraculous in their effects on the human mind... What is certain, however, is that our minds will change... A worthy illustration that books do indeed enable deep reflection. -- Susan Greenfield * Literary Review *Absorbing [and] disturbing * Wall Street Journal *I have not only given this book to numerous friends, I actually changed my life in response to it. -- Jonathan Safran FoerAn important and timely book. See if you can stay off the Web long enough to read it! -- Elizabeth KolbertThis is a book to shake up the world. -- Ann PatchettTable of Contents0: THE WATCHDOG AND THE THIEF 1: HAL AND ME 2: THE VITAL PATHS 3: TOOLS OF THE MIND 4: THE DEEPENING PAGE 5: A MEDIUM OF THE MOST GENERAL NATURE 6: THE VERY IMAGE OF A BOOK 7: THE JUGGLER'S BRAIN 8: THE CHURCH OF GOOGLE 9: SEARCH, MEMORY 10: A THING LIKE ME 11: HUMAN ELEMENTS

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Book SynopsisThe Most Human Human by Brian Christian is a mind-blowing piece of reportage that will appeal to readers of Jon Ronson''s The Psychopath Test, and an inspiring riposte to John Gray''s classic Straw Dogs - a book that will change your whole understanding of what being human actually means...AI is on the brink of a new dawn. And so are we. . .Telling the difference between humans and computers used to be easy. But artificial intelligence is now so advanced that it is capable of behaving, and even thinking, in ways that have long been considered exclusive to humankind. The time has come to rethink what being human actually means...In The Most Human Human Brian Christian meets the world''s leading artificial intelligences, finds out what they''re capable of - and what makes us unique. The result is a funny, shocking, inspiring, deeply humane and intelligent book that reaches into every aspect of our lives.''Tremendously entertaining'' ****Metro''Excellent ... a fascinating explanation of what it means to be human''Financial Times''Remarkable. A philosophical joyride. The day that a machine creates work of such wit and originality, we should all be very worried''The Times''An epic tour of philosophical, linguistic and scientific discovery. We stop off in places as far-flung as existential anxiety, predictive text and Gary Kasparov''s defeat by Deep Blue'' ****Time Out''Lively, thought-stirring, entertaining, invaluable ... compelling insights''John Gray, New StatesmanAt the age of twenty-six, Brian Christian has lectured at the LSE, Royal Academy, Bristol Festival of Ideas, Microsoft and Google, been interviewed on The Daily Show, BBC and in the Paris Review, profiled in the Guardian, featured in The New York Times, the New Yorker and on the front cover of Atlantic, and has made numerous appearances at universities and in online videos speaking on his subject. He holds a dual degree from Brown University in computer science and philosophy, and an MFA in poetry.Trade ReviewTremendously entertaining **** * Metro *Excellent ... a fascinating explanation of what it means to be human * Financial Times *Remarkable. A philosophical joyride. The day that a machine creates work of such wit and originality, we should all be very worried * The Times *An epic tour of philosophical, linguistic and scientific discovery. We stop off in places as far-flung as existential anxiety, predictive text and Gary Kasparov's defeat by Deep Blue. A lively, personable read and an overpowering affirmation of our species **** * Time Out *Lively, thought-stirring, entertaining, invaluable ... compelling insights -- John Gray * New Statesman *Dense with ideas, terrific. One of the rare successful literary offspring of Gödel, Escher, Bach, where art and science meet an engaged mind and the friction produces real fire * New Yorker *Fast-paced, witty, and thoroughly winning ... investigates the nature of human interactions, the meaning of language, and the essence of what sets us apart from machines ... fabulous * Publishers Weekly *An irreverent picaresque ... What Christian learns along the way is that if machines win the imitation game as often as they do, it's not because they're getting better at acting human; it's because we're getting worse ... An authentic son of Frost, he learns by going where he has to go, and in doing so proves that both he and his book deserve their title * The New York Times *Immensely ambitious and bold, intellectually provocative, while at the same time entertaining and witty - a delightful book about how to live a meaningful, thriving life -- Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's DreamsSuch an important book ... Brian Christian takes on this very weighty task, and somehow makes it fun -- Brian Shenk, author of The Genius in all of UsAn eye-opening inquest into human imagination, thought, conversation, love and deception * David Eagleman, author of Sum *Absorbing ... Christian cleverly suggests that the Turing Test not only tells us how smart computers are but also teaches us about ourselves. ... covers a great deal of ground with admirable clarity but with a lightness of touch ... has a real knack for summing up key ideas by applying them to real-life situations -- Julian Baggini * Wall Street Journal *Strange, fertile and sometimes beautiful ... takes both the deep limitations and halting progress of artificial intelligence as an occasion for thinking about the most human activity -- Matthew Crawford, author of The Case for Working with Your HandsEntertaining and informative * Economist *

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Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER“The stories in this book make for a fascinating and remarkably complete pantheon of just about every common despair and every joy related to game development.” — Rami Ismail, cofounder of Vlambeer and developer of Nuclear ThroneDeveloping video games—hero''s journey or fool''s errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today''s hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes readers on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of 600 overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius. Exploring the artistic challenges, technical impossibilities, marketplace demands, and Donkey Kong-sized monkey wrenches thrown into the works by corporate, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels reveals how bringing any game to completion is more than Sisyphean—it''s nothing short of miraculous.Taking some of the most popular, bestselling recent games, Schreier immerses readers in the hellfire of the development process, whether it''s RPG studio Bioware''s challenge to beat an impossible schedule and overcome countless technical nightmares to build Dragon Age: Inquisition; indie developer Eric Barone''s single-handed efforts to grow country-life RPG Stardew Valley from one man''s vision into a multi-million-dollar franchise; or Bungie spinning out from their corporate overlords at Microsoft to create Destiny, a brand new universe that they hoped would become as iconic as Star Wars and Lord of the Rings—even as it nearly ripped their studio apart.Documenting the round-the-clock crunches, buggy-eyed burnout, and last-minute saves, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels is a journey through development hell—and ultimately a tribute to the dedicated diehards and unsung heroes who scale mountains of obstacles in their quests to create the best games imaginable.Trade Review“Necessary to read… by the end, my only complaint about Blood, Sweat, and Pixels is that there wasn’t more to read.” — Forbes.com “Making video games is one of most transformative, exciting things I’ve done in my two decades as a freelance writer. Making video games is also an excruciating journey into Hellmouth itself. Jason Schreier’s wonderful book captures both the excitement and the hell. Here, at long last, is a gripping, intelligent glimpse behind a thick (and needlessly secretive) creative curtain.” — Tom Bissell, author of Extra Lives and Apostle, and writer on the Gears of War, Uncharted, and Battlefield franchises “A meticulously researched, well-written, and painful at times account of many developers’ and studios’ highs and lows. May need to make it required reading for the developers at my studio.” — Cliff Bleszinski, creator of Gears of War and founder of Boss Key Productions “The stories in this book make for a fascinating and remarkably complete pantheon of just about every common despair and every joy related to game development.” — Rami Ismail, cofounder of Vlambeer and developer of Nuclear Throne “Jason Schreier brilliantly exposes the truth about how video games are made. Brutal, honest, yet ultimately uplifting; I’ve been gaming for thirty years, yet I was surprised by every page. Turns out what I didn’t know about my favorite hobby could fill a book. This book! Can’t recommend it enough to any serious fan of this generation’s greatest new art form.” — Adam Conover, executive producer and host of truTV’s Adam Ruins Everything “...his enthusiasm is contagious; even if you’ve never played one of these games, you’ll be riveted by the account of how they came to be.” — Booklist “Schreier covers the notoriously secretive gaming industry… and he knows it well… He also clearly respects [the] developers and their achievements, and treats their rueful tales of selfless struggle with an admiring deference…a useful survey of the landscape of game production at this cultural moment.” — GQ “Schreier sets each scene with admirable prowess, giving the reader just enough information to feel the weight of each story. For anyone who has ever wondered how some of the most successful games are made, this book is a real eye-opener… At its heart, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels is an ode to the people who put every fiber of their being into making memorable experiences for gamers all over the world.” — Fiction Southeast “Lively writing… For fans of video games, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels is a must read, but anyone interested in stories about the hard process of making art is also sure to enjoy it.” — Shelf Awareness “One of the most insightful pieces of text I’ve ever read… It’s a well-written tale of real sacrifice, struggles, and more, it’s almost inspiring despite how sad it can be at times.” — GameZone “Blood, Sweat, and Pixels is the instruction manual to the game industry I never realized I needed.” — GameCritics.com “Schreier creates a compellingly warts-and-all portrait of a profession that so many who grew up playing games idolized.” — Wired

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAdvanced Jewellery CAD Modelling in Rhino by Jack Meyer is a great book to help you unlock more skills and understanding in the sometimes-frustrating world of CAD. The book is full of tips, tricks, diagrams and packed with lots of information for those wishing to push their CAD knowledge on to the next level. -- Ben Poulsom DGA, The Society of British Jewellers * Founder of The Society of British Jewellers *What makes this book exceptional are Meyer’s thoughtful answers to the questions on ‘why’? Why should I use this command over that command? Why is my Rhino surface giving this unexpected result? More important than the twelve step-by-step projects contained in the book are Meyer’s definitions of modelling strategy and his explanations of the foundational concepts that drive Rhino’s tools. These two strengths are what allow this book to clearly explain the ‘why’ questions of an advanced jewellery modeller. -- Michael Magee, Gems & Jewellery magazine * Gems & Jewellery magazine *

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Book SynopsisIn an era of ubiquitous clouds, virtualization, mobility, and the Internet of Things, information and resources must be accessible anytime, from anywhere. Connectivity to devices and workloads must be seamless even when people move: location must be fully independent of device identity. The LISP protocol makes all this possible. LISP is address-family agnostic, so it can encapsulate any protocol within another, and route across virtually any network. LISP applications include very-large-scale virtualization for WANs and multi-tenant data centers; host mobility and location services across data centers; advanced mobile networks; ad-hoc networks; IPv6 enablement, seamless site multi-homing; workload mobility; cellular mobility; multicast and traffic engineering, and more. The LISP Network is the first comprehensive, in-depth guide to LISP concepts, architecture, techniques, and applications. Co-authored by LISP co-creator Dino Farinacci and two pioneering developers of Cisco's LISP implementation, this guide will help you plan and implement LISP in any data center, WAN edge, or service provider core network. Largely implementation-agnostic, this book offers actionable answers to questions such as: What problems does LISP address, and how does it address them? How does LISP work? What are LISP's applications, and how do you architect LISP solutions for each application? How does LISP fit with SDN, IoT, and IPv6? What is LISP's future? The LISP Network concludes with detailed deployment case studies of several LISP applications, each drawn from the authors' pioneering experience.Table of Contents 1. LISP and the Future of Networking 2. LISP Architecture 3. LISP Unicast Handling Fundamentals 4. LISP Multicasting Fundamentals 5. Traffic Engineering and LISP 6. LISP Host Mobility 7. LISP Network Virtualization/Multi-tenancy 8. LISP and the Multi-homed Internet Edge 9. Programmability, Policy and LISP: Integration and Application 10. LISP and the Internet of Things 11. LISP Application Deployment, Configuration and Troubleshooting

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Book SynopsisThe Expanded Edition Guide to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a 512-page hardcover guidebook covering everything in the main game as well as the two Expansion Pass DLC packs “The Master Trials” and “The Champions’ Ballad”. Includes: Expansion Pass concept art gallery; dedicated chapters covering both Expansion Passes; Reference and Analysis chapter; Maps chapter; all-new hardcover and an extensive 4-page Index. MAPS CHAPTER: a dedicated 36-page atlas of Hyrule showing the exact location of all Korok seeds and treasure chests. REFERENCE & ANALYSIS CHAPTER: contains a farming manual showing how to acquire all items of prime interest efficiently; the best weapons and armor upgrades; the most effective recipes; the most lucrative gemstone mining spots; amiibo; merchants and much more. EXPANSION PASS CHAPTERS: 34 pages dedicated to “The Master Trials” and “The Champions’ Ballad”. 100% AUTHORITATIVE: all side quests, all shrines of Trials and all information about collectible items fully mapped out; also includes optional challenges, mini-games, unlockables, Easter eggs, and more. At-A-GLANCE WALKTHROUGHS: annotated maps and screenshots show the optimal way through every quest and dungeon. LARGE MAP POSTER: two-sided and fully-annotated – covering the immense game area. CONCEPT ART: direct from the development team and beautifully laid out across two sections: 16 pages of concept art from “The Master Trials” and “The Champions’ Ballad” as well as a 16-page art tour of the main game. PUZZLE MASTER: every single puzzle and riddle unraveled with refined, visual solutions. EXPERT COMBAT STRATEGY: practical, reproducible tactics to crush all enemies and bosses. COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCES: exhaustive appraisals of all items and monsters – including key parameters that are hidden in the game. EASE OF USE: Instant searches, print navigation systems, extensive 4-page index and detailed map poster give you immediate access to the information you need. PREMIUM HARDCOVER: with guide pages printed on superior-quality art paper.

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Book Synopsis Kennedy Behrman is a veteran software and data engineer. He first used Python writing asset management systems in the Visual Effects industry. He then moved into the startup world, using Python at startups using machine learning to characterize videos and predict the social media power of athletes. Table of ContentsPreface xiii I: Learning Python in a Notebook Environment 1 1 Introduction to Notebooks 3 2 Fundamentals of Python 13 3 Sequences 25 4 Other Data Structures 37 5 Execution Control 55 6 Functions 67 II: Data Science Libraries 83 7 NumPy 85 8 SciPy 103 9 Pandas 113 10 Visualization Libraries 135 11 Machine Learning Libraries 153 12 Natural Language Toolkit 159 III: Intermediate Python 171 13 Functional Programming 173 14 Object-Oriented Programming 187 15 Other Topics 201 A Answers to End-of-Chapter Questions 215 Index 221

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Book SynopsisStrengthen your students' understanding and upgrade their confidence and exam skills with our OCR Computer Science workbooks, full of self-contained exercises to consolidate knowledge and exam practice questions to improve performance. Written by an experienced Computer Science author, these full colour workbooks provide stimulus materials on all AS and A-level topics, followed by sets of questions designed to develop and test skills in the unit.· Thoroughly prepares students for their examinations as they work through numerous practice questions that cover every question type in the specification.· Helps students identify their revision needs and see how to target the top grades using online answers for each question.· Encourages ongoing revision throughout the course as students progressively develop their skills in class and at home. · Packed full with consolidation and exam practice questions, these workbooks can save valuable preparation time and expense, with self-contained exercises that don't need photocopying and provide instant lesson and homework solutions for specialist and non-specialist teachers.· Ensures that students feel confident tackling their exams as they know what to expect in each section.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the human factors involved with information security, this book explains why all the firewalls and encryption protocols in the world will never be enough to stop a savvy grifter intent on rifling a corporate database or an irate employee determined to crash a system.Trade Review“…a fascinating read…” (ForTean Times, June 2004) "...a lot of interesting cautionary tales..." (New Scientist, January 2004)Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Behind the Scenes. Chapter 1: Security's Weakest Link. Part 2: The Art of the Attacker. Chapter 2: When Innocuous Information Isn't. Chapter 3: The Direct Attack: Just Asking for It. Chapter 4: Building Trust. Chapter 5: "Let Me Help You". Chapter 6: "Can You Help Me?". Chapter 7: Phony Sites and Dangerous Attachments. Chapter 8: Using Sympathy, Guilt, and Intimidation. Chapter 9: The Reverse Sting. Part 3: Intruder Alert. Chapter 10: Entering the Premises. Chapter 11: Combining Technology and Social Engineering. Chapter 12: Attacks on the Entry-Level Employee. Chapter 13: Clever Cons. Chapter 14: Industrial Espionage. Part 4: Raising the Bar. Chapter 15: Information Security Awareness and Training. Chapter 16: Recommended Corporate Information Security Policies. Security at a Glance. Sources. Acknowledgments. Index.

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Book SynopsisRemember what a wild frontier the early days of home gaming were? Manufacturers releasing new consoles at a breakneck pace; developers creating games that kept us up all night, then going bankrupt the next day; and what self-respecting kid didn't beg their parents for an Atari or a Nintendo? This explosion of computers, consoles, and games was genuinely unlike anything the tech world has seen before or since.This thoroughly researched and geeky trip down memory lane pulls together the most entertaining stories from this dynamic era, and brings you the classic tech that should never be forgotten.

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Book SynopsisRUNS, JUMPS AND SKIPSFrom Richard Williams' The Animator's Survival Kit comes key chapters in mini form.The Animator's Survival Kit is the essential tool for animators. However, sometimes you don't want to carry the hefty expanded edition around with you to your college or studio if you're working on just one aspect of it that day.The Animation Minis take some of the most essential chapters and make them available in smaller, lightweight, hand-bag/backpack size versions. Easy to carry. Easy to study.This Mini focuses on Runs, Jumps and Skips.As with Walks, the way we run shows our character and personality. A lazy, heavy person is going to run very differently to an athletic ten-year-old girl.Richard Williams demonstrates how - when you're doing a walk and you take both legs off the ground, at the same time and for just one frame a walk becomes a run. So, all the things we do with walks, we can do with runs.This Mini pr

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Book SynopsisIn this mind-blowing follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless uses spectacular visuals to reveal unexpected insights into how the world really works. We are living in the Information Age, in which we are constantly bombarded with data - on television, in print and online. How can we relate to this mind-numbing overload? Enter David McCandless and his amazing infographics: simple, elegant ways to understand information too complex or abstract to grasp any way but visually. In his unique signature style, he creates dazzling displays that blend facts with their connections, contexts and relationships, making information meaningful, entertaining - and beautiful. Taking infographics to the next level, his new book Knowledge is Beautiful is an endlessly fascinating spin through the world of visualized data, which offers a deeper, more wide-ranging look at the world and its history. Covering everything from dog breeds anTrade ReviewPRAISE FOR INFORMATION IS BEAUTIFUL: ‘Unbelievably brilliant’ Vogue ‘(A) terrific compendium of visual information’ Shortlist ‘In this intriguing book, David McCandless presents a cavalcade of compelling and colourful graphics, each one innovative in its attempt to offer a new perspective on some of our most pervasive twenty-first century obsessions’ Time Out ‘Stunning’ The Sunday Times ‘Thought-provoking, lovingly-crafted and informative; a handsome book that anyone would be grateful to receive’ Picked as one of the best science books of the year in Arts & Books, Independent on Sunday ‘What David McCandless has done is genius… dry data is transformed into small pieces of pop art that engage so much you end up learning more, without realising it. The ideal encyclopaedia for the information age.' Red Handed

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Book SynopsisIf you're grounded in the basics of Swift, Xcode, and the Cocoa framework, this book provides a structured explanation of all essential real-world iOS app components. Through deep exploration and copious code examples, you'll learn how to create views, manipulate view controllers, and add features from iOS frameworks

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Book SynopsisCompleting an A Level Computer Science project is a huge undertaking for any student regardless of their competence in programming. The key to success is to plan and write a strong report, evidencing what has been carried out. Tackling A Level projects in Computer Science for OCR H446 is the essential student guide for completing the project and, in particular, the report, with confidence and independence. It contains clear and concise instruction and examples of what needs to be included. From how to generate initial ideas and choose end users, to how to evidence your final product; this book covers it all. This guide does not specifically teach programming and is therefore suitable for use with any language or project idea being undertaken. With important tips and advice based on the author's intimate experience with Computer Science projects, this will help to keep a project's progress on track. Finally, a guide that can help students to submit their final project with confidence before the deadline.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Starting a new project Chapter 2: The report Chapter 3: Stating the problem Chapter 4: The analysis Chapter 5: The design Chapter 6: Software development Chapter 7: Evaluation Chapter 8: Final checks

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Book SynopsisThis Brief provides a roadmap for the R language and programming environment with signposts to further resources and documentation.Table of ContentsIntroduction to R.- Data Structures.- Tables and Graphs.- Hypothesis Tests.- Linear Models.

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Book SynopsisAn unofficial guide to Alien: Isolation, the greatest, scariest horror game ever made. There aren't many computer games that can justify an entire book, but for superfans, Alien: Isolation is truly extraordinary and Perfect Organism reveals all there is to know about every aspect of this masterful game. Discover the rationale and authenticity of the set design and art direction, learn about the alien's unnerving abilities to second-guess the players and the importance of its unique height. Find out more about the importance of the dynamic audio and the use of seventies archive soundbites, as well as the darkly beautiful music. And immerse yourself in the technical brilliance of the level design and the user interface, before reading about the deleted content, and the scenes and features that never made the final cut. Alien: Isolation is a game of remarkable depth, complexity, and detail, and together with a le

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Book SynopsisThe bestselling business classic on the power of relationships, updated with in-depth advice for making connections in the digital world ''Don''t walk . . . RUN to your closest bookstore. The most extraordinary and valuable book I''ve come across in a long, long time'' Tom PetersDo you want to get ahead in life? Climb the ladder to success? Master networker Keith Ferrazzi says the secret is in reaching out to others. As he discovered early in life, what distinguishes highly successful people is the way they use the power of relationships - so that everyone wins. Never Eat Alone: Expanded and Updated lays out the steps and mindset Ferrazzi uses to connect with thousands of colleagues, friends, and associates: people he has helped and who have helped him. This form of connecting to the world is based on generosity; Ferrazzi distinguishes genuine relationship-building from crude glad-handing. These practical, proven princi

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Book SynopsisDESCRIPTION Functional programming (FP) is a programming style emphasizing functions that return consistent and predictable results regardless of a program's state. As a result, functional code is easier to test and reuse, simpler to parallelize, and less prone to bugs. Scala is an emerging JVM language that offers strong support for FP. Its familiar syntax and transparent interoperability with existing Java libraries make Scala a great place to start learning FP. Functional Programming in Scala is a serious tutorial for programmers looking to learn FP and apply it to the everyday business of coding. The book guides readers from basic techniques to advanced topics in a logical, concise, and clear progression. In it, they’ll find concrete examples and exercises that open up the world of functional programming. RETAIL SELLING POINTS Covers the practical benefits of Functional Programming Offers concrete examples and exercises Logically progresses from basic techniques to advance topics AUDIENCE No prior experience with FP or Scala is required. Perfect for programmers familiar with FP in other languages wishing to apply their knowledge in Scala. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Functional programming (FP) is a programming style emphasizing functions that return consistent and predictable results regardless of a program's state. Scala is an emerging JVM language that offers strong support for FP.

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Book SynopsisAll you need is a digital camera or a mobile phone and this best-selling book to unlock your potential as a photographer.From choosing the right equipment and aperture exposure to adjusting focus and flash, The Beginner''s Photography Guide explains key concepts in clear and simple terms to help you maximise the features of your camera.Inside this book, you'll find: -An overview of the basics of photography, including the equipment you need, how to set the correct exposure, how to use different lenses and how to edit pictures -Clear, step-by-step explanations, tutorials, handy kit and camera-setting checklists to support you on your photography journey -Simple annotated images that explain the differences and uses of equipment, lenses and methods Written for beginners, this handbook contains step-by-step tutorials covering the range of camera functions and photographic techniques. Each chapter of the book contains

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Book SynopsisThe hugely influential book on how the understanding of causality revolutionized science and the world, by the pioneer of artificial intelligence''Wonderful ... illuminating and fun to read'' Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize-winner and author of Thinking, Fast and Slow''Correlation does not imply causation.'' For decades, this mantra was invoked by scientists in order to avoid taking positions as to whether one thing caused another, such as smoking and cancer, or carbon dioxide and global warming. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, sparked by world-renowned computer scientist Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and placed cause and effect on a firm scientific basis. Now, Pearl and science journalist Dana Mackenzie explain causal thinking to general readers for the first time, showing how it allows us to explore the world that is and the worlds that could have been. It is the essence of human and artificial intelligence. And just as Pearl''s discoveries have enabled machines to think better, The Book of Why explains how we too can think better.''Pearl''s accomplishments over the last 30 years have provided the theoretical basis for progress in artificial intelligence and have redefined the term thinking machine'' Vint CerfTrade ReviewHave you ever wondered about the puzzles of correlation and causation? This wonderful book has illuminating answers and it is fun to read -- Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize * author of Thinking, Fast and Slow *If causation is not correlation, then what is it? Thanks to Judea Pearl's epoch-making research, we now have a precise answer to this question. If you want to understand how the world works, this engrossing and delightful book is the place to start -- Pedro Domingos, professor of computer science, University of Washington * author of The Master Algorithm *Judea Pearl has been the heart and soul of a revolution in artificial intelligence and in computer science more broadly -- Eric Horvitz, Technical Fellow and Director, Microsoft Research LabsPearl's accomplishments over the last 30 years have provided the theoretical basis for progress in artificial intelligence ... and they have redefined the term 'thinking machine' -- Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google, Inc.Modern applications of AI, such as robotics, self-driving cars, speech recognition, and machine translation deal with uncertainty. Pearl has been instrumental in supplying the rationale and much valuable technology that allow these applications to flourish -- Alfred Spector, Vice President of Research, Google, Inc.

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Book SynopsisBuild professional-grade full-stack web applications using C# and ASP.NET Core. ASP.NET Core in Action, 3rd edition by Microsoft MVP Andrew Lock, is a fully updated edition, ideal for intermediate C# developers, and teaches you how to use your C# and .NET skills to build amazing cross-platform web applications. This revised bestseller reveals the latest .NET patterns, including minimal APIs and minimal hosting. Even if you have never worked with ASP.NET, you will soon start creating productive cross-platform web apps. Features include: Build minimal APIs for serving JSON to client-side applications Create dynamic, server-side rendered applications using Razor Pages User authentication and authorisation Store data using Entity Framework Core Unit and integration tests for ASP.NET Core applications Write custom middleware and components About the technology Developers love ASP.NET Core for its libraries and pre-built components that maximize productivity. This awesome web framework empowers you to build web applications using HTTP APIs, server-side rendered HTML, and long-running server processes - all by using the same familiar structure and components. Version 7.0 takes full advantage of new C# features, easy-to-build minimal APIs, and big performance upgrades.

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Book SynopsisThe ultimate hands-on guide to IT security and proactive defense The Network Security Test Lab is a hands-on, step-by-step guide to ultimate IT security implementation. Covering the full complement of malware, viruses, and other attack technologies, this essential guide walks you through the security assessment and penetration testing process, and provides the set-up guidance you need to build your own security-testing lab. You''ll look inside the actual attacks to decode their methods, and learn how to run attacks in an isolated sandbox to better understand how attackers target systems, and how to build the defenses that stop them. You''ll be introduced to tools like Wireshark, Networkminer, Nmap, Metasploit, and more as you discover techniques for defending against network attacks, social networking bugs, malware, and the most prevalent malicious traffic. You also get access to open source tools, demo software, and a bootable version of Linux to facilitate hands-on Table of ContentsIntroduction xxi Chapter 1 Building a Hardware and Software Test Platform 1 Why Build a Lab? 2 Hardware Requirements 4 Physical Hardware 5 Equipment You Already Have 6 New Equipment Purchases 7 Used Equipment Purchases 7 Online Auctions 8 Thrift Stores 9 Company Sales 10 Virtual Hardware 10 VMware 12 VirtualBox 15 Hacker Hardware 16 Software Requirements 18 Operating Systems 19 Microsoft Windows 19 Linux 20 Navigating in Linux 23 Linux Basics 25 Mac Os X 28 Software and Applications 28 Learning Applications 29 Hacking Software 31 Summary 32 Key Terms 33 Exercises 34 Equipment Checklist 34 Installing VMware Workstation 35 Exploring Linux Operating System Options 35 Using VMware to Build a Windows Image 35 Using VMware Converter to Create a Virtual Machine 36 Exploring Other Operating System Options 37 Running Kali from VMware 37 Installing Tools on Your Windows Virtual Machine 38 Chapter 2 Passive Information Gathering 39 Starting at the Source 40 Scrutinizing Key Employees 43 Dumpster Diving (Electronic) 45 Analyzing Web Page Coding 48 Exploiting Website Authentication Methods 51 Mining Job Ads and Analyzing Financial Data 53 Using Google to Mine Sensitive Information 56 Exploring Domain Ownership 57 Whois 59 Regional Internet Registries 61 Domain Name System 63 Identifying Web Server Software 66 Web Server Location 69 Summary 70 Key Terms 70 Exercises 72 IP Address and Domain Identification 72 Information Gathering 72 Google Hacking 74 Banner Grabbing 74 Telnet 75 Netcat 75 VisualRoute 76 Chapter 3 Analyzing Network Traffic 77 Why Packet Analysis Is Important 77 How to Capture Network Traffic 78 Promiscuous Mode 78 Hubs and Switches 79 Hubbing Out and Using Taps 79 Switches 79 Capturing Network Traffic 82 Managed and Unmanaged Switches 83 ARP Cache Poisoning 85 Flooding 91 DHCP Redirection 92 Redirection and Interception with ICMP 94 Preventing Packet Capture 94 Dynamic Address Inspection 95 DHCP Snooping 95 Preventing VLAN Hopping 96 Detecting Packet Capture 97 Wireshark 99 Wireshark Basics 99 Filtering and Decoding Traffic 102 Basic Data Capture—A Layer-by-Layer Review 108 Physical—Data-Link Layer 108 Network-Internet Layer 110 Transport—Host-Host Layer 111 Application Layer 115 Other Network Analysis Tools 115 Summary 118 Key Terms 118 Exercises 119 Fun with Packets 119 Packet Analysis with tcpdump 120 Packet Filters 121 Making a One-Way Data Cable 122 Chapter 4 Detecting Live Systems and Analyzing Results 125 TCP/IP Basics 125 The Network Access Layer 127 The Internet Layer 128 The Host-to-Host Layer 132 Transmission Control Protocol 132 User Datagram Protocol 134 The Application Layer 134 Detecting Live Systems with ICMP 138 ICMP—Ping 138 Traceroute 142 Port Scanning 147 TCP and UDP Port Scanning 147 Advanced Port-Scanning Techniques 151 Idle Scan 151 Analyzing Port Scans 155 Port-Scanning Tools 156 Nmap 157 SuperScan 160 Other Scanning Tools 161 OS Fingerprinting 161 Passive Fingerprinting 162 Active Fingerprinting 164 How Nmap OS Fingerprinting Works 165 Scanning Countermeasures 167 Summary 171 Key Terms 171 Exercises 172 Understanding Wireshark 172 Interpreting TCP Flags 174 Performing an ICMP Packet Decode 175 Port Scanning with Nmap 176 Traceroute 177 An Analysis of a Port Scan 178 OS Fingerprinting 179 Chapter 5 Enumerating Systems 181 Enumeration 181 Router and Firewall Enumeration 182 Router Enumeration 182 Firewall Enumeration 187 Router and Firewall Enumeration Countermeasures 191 Windows Enumeration 191 Server Message Block and Interprocess Communication 194 Enumeration and the IPC$ Share 195 Windows Enumeration Countermeasures 195 Linux/Unix Enumeration 196 Enumeration of Application Layer Protocols 197 Simple Network Management Protocol 197 SNMP Enumeration Countermeasures 200 Enumeration of Other Applications 200 Advanced Enumeration 202 SCADA Systems 202 User Agent Strings 210 Mapping the Attack Surface 213 Password Speculation and Cracking 213 Sniffing Password Hashes 216 Exploiting a Vulnerability 218 Protecting Passwords 221 Summary 221 Key Terms 222 Exercises 223 SNMP Enumeration 223 Enumerating Routing Protocols 225 Enumeration with DumpSec 227 Identifying User Agent Strings 227 Browser Enumeration 229 Chapter 6 Automating Encryption and Tunneling Techniques 231 Encryption 232 Secret Key Encryption 233 Data Encryption Standard 235 Triple DES 236 Advanced Encryption Standard 237 One‐Way Functions (Hashes) 237 md Series 238 Sha 238 Public Key Encryption 238 Rsa 239 Diffie‐Hellman 239 El Gamal 240 Elliptic Curve Cryptography 240 Hybrid Cryptosystems 241 Public Key Authentication 241 Public Key Infrastructure 242 Certificate Authority 242 Registration Authority 242 Certificate Revocation List 243 Digital Certificates 243 Certificate Distribution System 244 Encryption Role in Authentication 244 Password Authentication 245 Password Hashing 246 Challenge‐Response 249 Session Authentication 250 Session Cookies 250 Basic Authentication 251 Certificate‐Based Authentication 251 Tunneling Techniques to Obscure Traffic 252 Internet Layer Tunneling 252 Transport Layer Tunneling 254 Application Layer Tunneling 256 Attacking Encryption and Authentication 259 Extracting Passwords 259 Password Cracking 260 Dictionary Attack 261 Brute‐Force Attack 261 Rainbow Table 263 Other Cryptographic Attacks 263 Summary 264 Key Terms 264 Exercises 266 CrypTool 266 Extract an E‐mail Username and Password 268 RainbowCrack 268 John the Ripper 270 Chapter 7 Automated Attack and Penetration Tools 273 Why Attack and Penetration Tools Are Important 274 Vulnerability Assessment Tools 274 Source Code Assessment Tools 275 Application Assessment Tools 276 System Assessment Tools 276 Attributes of a Good System Assessment Tool 278 Nessus 279 Automated Exploit Tools 286 Metasploit 286 Armitage 287 Metasploit Console 288 Metasploit Command‐Line Interface 289 Updating Metasploit 290 BeEF 290 Core Impact 291 Canvas 292 Determining Which Tools to Use 292 Picking the Right Platform 292 Summary 293 Key Terms 294 Exercises 294 Exploring N‐Stalker, a Vulnerability Assessment Tool 294 Exploring Searchsploit on Kali Linux 295 Metasploit Kali 296 Chapter 8 Securing Wireless Systems 299 Wi-Fi Basics 300 Wireless Clients and NICs 301 Wireless Access Points 302 Wireless Communication Standards 302 Bluetooth Basics 304 Wi-Fi Security 305 Wired Equivalent Privacy 305 Wi-Fi Protected Access 307 802.1x Authentication 309 Wireless LAN Threats 310 Wardriving 310 NetStumbler 312 Kismet 314 Eavesdropping 314 Rogue and Unauthorized Access Points 318 Denial of Service 319 Exploiting Wireless Networks 320 Finding and Assessing the Network 320 Setting Up Airodump 321 Configuring Aireplay 321 Deauthentication and ARP Injection 322 Capturing IVs and Cracking the WEP KEY 322 Other Wireless Attack Tools 323 Exploiting Bluetooth 324 Securing Wireless Networks 324 Defense in Depth 325 Misuse Detection 326 Summary 326 Key Terms 327 Exercises 328 Using NetStumbler 328 Using Wireshark to Capture Wireless Traffic 329 Chapter 9 An Introduction to Malware 331 History of Malware 331 Types of Malware 334 Viruses 334 Worms 337 Logic Bombs 338 Backdoors and Trojans 338 Packers, Crypters, and Wrappers 340 Rootkits 343 Crimeware Kits 345 Botnets 347 Advanced Persistent Threats 350 Spyware and Adware 350 Common Attack Vectors 351 Social Engineering 351 Faking It! 352 Pretending through Email 352 Defenses against Malware 353 Antivirus 353 File Integrity Verification 355 User Education 355 Summary 356 Key Terms 356 Exercises 357 Virus Signatures 357 Building Trojans 358 Rootkits 358 Finding Malware 362 Chapter 10 Detecting Intrusions and Analyzing Malware 365 An Overview of Intrusion Detection 365 IDS Types and Components 367 IDS Engines 368 An Overview of Snort 370 Platform Compatibility 371 Limiting Access to the IDS 371 Verification of Configuration 372 Building Snort Rules 373 The Rule Header 374 Logging with Snort 375 Rule Options 376 Advanced Snort: Detecting Buffer Overflows 377 Responding to Attacks and Intrusions 379 Analyzing Malware 381 Tracking Malware to Its Source 382 Identifying Domains and Malicious Sites 382 Building a Testbed 386 Virtual and Physical Targets 386 Operating Systems 387 Network Isolation 387 Testbed Tools 388 Malware Analysis Techniques 390 Static Analysis 390 Dynamic Analysis 394 Summary 397 Key Terms 397 Exercises 398 Building a Snort Windows System 398 Analyzing Malware Communication 400 Analyzing Malware with VirusTotal 401 Chapter 11 Forensic Detection 403 Computer Forensics 404 Acquisition 405 Drive Removal and Hashing 407 Drive-Wiping 409 Logical and Physical Copies 410 Logical Copies 411 Physical Copies 411 Imaging the Drive 412 Authentication 413 Trace-Evidence Analysis 416 Browser Cache 418 Email Evidence 419 Deleted or Overwritten Files and Evidence 421 Other Trace Evidence 422 Hiding Techniques 422 Common File-Hiding Techniques 423 Advanced File-Hiding Techniques 425 Steganography 426 Detecting Steganographic Tools 429 Antiforensics 430 Summary 431 Key Terms 431 Exercises 432 Detecting Hidden Files 432 Basic File-Hiding 432 Advanced File-Hiding 433 Reading Email Headers 433 Use S-Tools to Embed and Encrypt a Message 435 Index 439

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Book SynopsisHow did racism creep into the algorithms that govern our daily lives, from banking and shopping, to job applications? Connecting the legacy of enlightenment racism to forms of discrimination in modern day algorithms and Artificial Intelligence, this volume examines what data feeds into AI technology - and how this data will shape the future of humanity. Delving into the narratives enveloping the development of AI systems, with a particular emphasis on tech-giants and the ideas of Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Bill Gates, Arshin Adib-Moghaddam explains how and why technology aids and abets various forms of extremism, entrenches social hierarchies and discriminatory boundaries and how this will impact international security and human rights in the future.Trade ReviewWritten with intellectual flair, this is a stimulating if sobering assessment of what we can expect in a world increasingly dominated by biased AI. A must-read to understand the paradigm shift we are already experiencing, and better anticipate the all too human flaws in the embedded tech so rapidly accumulating in our techno-societies. * Roxane Farmanfarmaian, University of Cambridge, UK *A fascinating work on the age of artificial intelligence, surveillance, and algorithmic regimes. Arshin Adib-Moghaddam asks compelling questions regarding our dice-throw with the virtual, the digital, and the simulated, taking us into those timescapes of the near-beyond where we will have to confront dire questions of our own post-humanism. This work unveils with exceptional precision both the potentiality for catastrophic violence beneath the surface of such epochal technologies yet also an escape-route into its more boundless figurations. * Jason Mohaghegh, Babson College, USA *A cutting-edge piece of work illustrating how we can transform our psychology and change values within an AI-controlled system in the age of post-human society. * Hisae Nakanishi, Doshisha University, Japan *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Beyond Human Robots Chapter 2: The Matrix Decoded Chapter 3: Capital Punishment Chapter 4: Techno-Imperialism Chapter 5: Death-Techniques Conclusion: Decolonial AI - A Manifesto

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Book SynopsisThis book is intended for individuals and students learning to program. You may already have done some programming in other languages, but not be familiar with Python. Novice programmers should work through the book sequentially, starting at Chapter 1. It will also be a useful reference book for students on a programming course or anyone working on a programming project. It teaches basic syntax and programming techniques, and introduces three inbuilt Python modules: "> Tkinter, used for building a graphical user interface, which is an option that some users may like to include in their project work. "> SQLite, which enables the creation and processing of a database from within a Python program. This provides an alternative to writing to a text file when data needs to be stored and retrieved "> .pdb, Python's debugging module, which can be used to help find elusive logic errors. Questions and exercises are included in every chapter. Answers to these as well as over 120 Python programs for all the examples and exercises given in the book may be downloaded from www.pgonline.co.uk. These programs enable users of the book to try out the in-text examples and check possible solutions to the exercises.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Data types, operators and I/O. Chapter 2: Strings and numbers. Chapter 3: Selection. Chapter 4: Iteration. Chapter 5: Lists and tuples. Chapter 6: Validating user input. Chapter 7: Searching and sorting. Chapter 8: Functions. Chapter 9: Reading and writing files. Chapter 10: Databases and SQL. Chapter 11: Python's SQLite module. Chapter 12: Introduction to Tkinter. Chapter 13: Developing an application using Tkinter. Chapter 14: Program design. Chapter 15: Testing and debugging

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Book SynopsisCharles Petzold is also the author of The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine (Wiley, 2008). He wrote a bunch of other books too, but they're mostly about programming applications for Microsoft Windows, and they're all obsolete now. He lives in New York City with his wife, historian and novelist Deirdre Sinnott, and two cats named Honey and Heidi. His website is www.charlespetzold.com.Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition Chapter One: Best Friends Chapter Two: Codes and Combinations Chapter Three: Braille and Binary Codes Chapter Four: Anatomy of a Flashlight Chapter Five: Communicating Around Corners Chapter Six: Logic with Switches Chapter Seven: Telegraphs and Relays Chapter Eight: Relays and Gates Chapter Nine: Our Ten Digits Chapter Ten: Alternative 10s Chapter Eleven: Bit by Bit by Bit Chapter Twelve: Bytes and Hexadecimal Chapter Thirteen: From ASCII to Unicode Chapter Fourteen: Adding with Logic Gates Chapter Fifteen: Is This for Real? Chapter Sixteen: But What About Subtraction? Chapter Seventeen: Feedback and Flip-Flops Chapter Eighteen: Let's Build a Clock! Chapter Nineteen: An Assemblage of Memory Chapter Twenty: Automating Arithmetic Chapter Twenty-One: The Arithmetic Logic Unit Chapter Twenty-Two: Registers and Busses Chapter Twenty-Three: CPU Control Signals Chapter Twenty-Four: Loops, Jumps, and Calls Chapter Twenty-Five: Peripherals Chapter Twenty-Six: The Operating System Chapter Twenty-Seven: Coding Chapter Twenty-Eight: The World Brain

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Book SynopsisGet exam ready with the new edition National 5 Administration and IT Study Guide from BrightRED . Fully up-to-date with the latest course changes, this guide will give you all the tools you need to succeed in National 5 Administration and IT. In this Study Guide, you will find coverage of all three mandatory units required to pass the National 5 exam; advice on the final exam and the Assignment; detailed explanations of theory and IT applications that you need to be familiar with Don’t Forget features with helpful hints on key points. Things to Do and Think About sections which provide you with plenty of opportunities to put your knowledge into practice. This guide is also supported by a host of free additional material available on the BrightRED Digital Zone!Trade ReviewTwenty four 5* reviews on Amazon.co.ukTable of ContentsAdministrative Practices, IT Solutions for Administrators, Communication in Administration, Practice Tasks

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Book SynopsisChromebooks in easy steps illustrates all the clever features of this versatile, budget-friendly alternative to a Windows laptop or MacBook. Covering all Chromebook models, it:Demystifies what a Chromebook is and how it differs from other types of laptops and tablets.Shows how to get your Chromebook up and running in no time. Guides you through the Chrome web browser, Gmail and other key apps such as Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Reveals how to make video calls using a variety of services, to stay in touch with friends and family. Shows how to connect your Chromebook to external devices including printers. Demonstrates how to upload and organize your photos, videos, and documents in the Cloud. Covers how to make documents available offline when you don't have an internet connection. Guides you through how to watch TV and movies, and how to download and use Android apps and games. Provides guidance on maintenance and troubleshooting. Ideal for anyone new to the Chromebook, including Senior readers.

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