C was a relatively little-known language when the first edition of C Primer Plus was written in 1984. Since then, the language has boomed, and many people have learned C with the help of this book. In fact, over 500,000 people have purchased C Primer Plus throughout its various editions. As the language has grown […]
The other day, someone asked me if honey is a good sweetener. My answer was, “It depends.” If by “honey” you mean the stuff you buy in the supermarket that comes in the cute little bear, the answer is no. If by “honey” you mean raw, unfiltered, uncooked, unpasteurized organic honey, then the answer is […]
Welcome to Computer Forensics with FTK. This book has specially been created to provide you with all the information you need to get started with the FTK investigation platform. You will learn the basics of computer forensics and how to use the FTK to conduct digital investigations generating court-accepted evidence. What this book covers Chapter […]
In today’s world of globalization, there is a growing trend among historians and students alike to study the common challenges and experiences that unite the human past. “Facts On File” is pleased to announce its new seven-volume “Encyclopedia of World History”, a truly groundbreaking work and one of the first to offer a balanced presentation […]
Kali is a Debian Linux based Penetration Testing arsenal used by security professionals (and others) to perform security assessments. Kali offers a range of toolsets customized for identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in systems. This book is written leveraging tools available in Kali Linux released March 13th, 2013 as well as other open source applications. Web […]
We are entering the golden age of GPU computing. Since the introduction of CUDA in 2007, more than 100 million computers with CUDA-capable GPUs have been shipped to end users. Unlike the previous GPGPU shader programming models, CUDA supports parallel programming in C. From my own experience in teaching CUDA programming, C programmers can begin […]
Elements, compounds and mixtures Most familiar substances are mixtures or compounds. Wood, steel, air, salt, concrete, skin, water, plastics, glass, wax – these are all mixtures or compounds, made up of more than one element. We do encounter elements in our everyday life, albeit not completely pure. Gold and silver are good examples; and even […]
What is a Labrador Retriever? The Labrador Retriever is a medium-size (weight 55 to 80 pounds, height 211â„2 to 241â„2 inches) dog characterized by a dense, water-resistant coat, a thick otter tail and a clean-cut, broad head with a friendly facial expression. A sporting breed, Labrador Retrievers are active, athletic dogs who need regular exercise […]
Kat Donovan spun off her father’s old stool, readying to leave O’Malley’s Pub, when Stacy said, “You’re not going to like what I did.†The tone made Kat stop mid-stride. “What?†O’Malley’s used to be an old-school cop bar. Kat’s grandfather had hung out here. So had her father and their fellow NYPD colleagues. Now […]
The paradigm shift heralded by the invention of DNA microarray technology has revolutionized the way in which biologists study the interaction and regulation of an organisms gene set. However, the technology is still in the early stages of design and development and there are, therefore, major challenges in the image processing phase of the analysis. […]
Graverobbing was a dark but profitable industry in pre-Victorian Scotland, as criminals, gravediggers, and middle-class medical students alike stole newly-buried corpses for the anatomy schools. Only after the trials of the infamous murderers Burke and Hare did the grisly trade end—murderers whose dissected skeletons are pictured in this book. From burial grounds in the heart of […]
The author of The Pirate Hunter,which made Captain Kidd come to life, focuses here more broadly on a piracy hot spot. Resolved to stop the enslavement of American merchant sailors by North African nations, Jefferson deployed most of the infant U.S. Navy to the Mediterranean and sent a column of troops overland from Egypt to […]