Fifty years in the making, the Oxford Latin Dictionary is the first Latin-English dictionary based on a fresh reading of original sources.The Dictionary was published in eight fascicles between 1968 and 1982 and is now available in a single bound volume. Features of the Oxford Latin Dictionary First Latin-English dictionary composed directly from original sources Comprehensive coverage of classical Latin with entries for approximately 40,000 words Based on a collection of over one million quotations that illustrate the meaning and use of Latin words from the earliest known instance Definitions are in modern English and based on modern lexicographical principles Up-to-date with the inclusion of better texts as well as epigraphical material that was previously unavailable The Oxford Latin Dictionary is a comprehensive and authoritative reference work for students, teachers, professionals, and general readers interested in classical languages and literature, ancient.

MUSIC, SOUND and ELECTRONICS ... each of these subjects has been well covered recently by sober academic textbooks; I am certainly not going to write another of those! This book is for amusement. But I want to write that word this way ... a-MUSE-ment.

A total departure from previous writing about television, this book is the first ever to advocate that the medium is not reformable. Its problems are inherent in the technology itself and are so dangerous -- to personal health and sanity, to the environment, and to democratic processes -- that TV ought to be eliminated forever. Weaving personal experiences through meticulous research, the author ranges widely over aspects of television that have rarely been examined and never before joined together, allowing an entirely new, frightening image to emerge. The idea that all technologies are "neutral," benign instruments that can be used well or badly, is thrown open to profound doubt. Speaking of TV reform is, in the words of the author, "as absurd as speaking of the reform of a technology such as guns."

Secrets of Voodoo traces the development of this complex religion (in Haiti and the Americas) from its sources in the brilliant civilizations of ancient Africa. This book presents a straightforward account of the gods or loas and their function, the symbols and signs, rituals, the ceremonial calendar of Voodoo, and the procedures for performing magical rites are given. “Voodoo,” derived from words meaning “introspection” and “mystery,” is a system of belief about the formation of the world and human destiny with clear correspondences in other world religions. Rigaud makes these connections and discloses the esoteric meaning underlying Voodoo’s outward manifestations, which are often misinterpreted. Translated from the French by Robert B. Cross. Drawings and photographs by Odette Mennesson-Rigaud. Milo Rigaud was born in Port au Prince, Haiti, in 1903, where he spent the greater part of his life studying the Voodoo tradition. In Haiti he studied law, and in France ethnology, psychology, and theology. The involvement of Voodoo in the political struggle of Haitian blacks for independence was one of his main concerns.

Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History has been acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship. A ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations, it is a work of breath-taking breadth and vision. D.C. Somervell's abridgement, in two volumes, of this magnificent enterprise, preserves the method, atmosphere, texture, and, in many instances, the very words of the original.

Издательство сочло возможным объединить два последних выпуска серии «С для PC» под одной обложкой. В восьмом выпуске рассматриваются вопросы управления диджитайзером и плоттером; подробно объясняется назначение и использование ряда опций компилятора Microsoft С; приводится описание опций компоновщика Microsoft Overlay Linker (версия 3.65). В девятом выпуске рассматриваются вопросы управления манипулятором «мышь»; также описаны дополнительные возможности управления компоновкой программ с помощью компоновщика LINK, входящего в пакет Microsoft C; приводится описание сообщений об ошибках компоновщика и утилиты MAKE. Для широкого круга пользователей персональных компьютеров.

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The Windows Sockets specification defines a network programming interface for Microsoft Windows [1] which is based on the "socket" paradigm popularized in the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) from the University of California at Berkeley. It encompasses both familiar Berkeley socket style routines and a set of Windows-specific extensions designed to allow the programmer to take advantage of the message- driven nature of Windows. The Windows Sockets Specification is intended to provide a single API to which application developers can program and multiple network software vendors can conform. Furthermore, in the context of a particular version of Microsoft Windows, it defines a binary interface (ABI) such that an application written to the Windows Sockets API can work with a conformant protocol implementation from any network software vendor. This specification thus defines the library calls and associated semantics to which an application developer can program and which a network software vendor can implement. Network software which conforms to this Windows Sockets specification will be considered "Windows Sockets Compliant". Suppliers of interfaces which are "Windows Sockets Compliant" shall be referred to as "Windows Sockets Suppliers". To be Windows Sockets Compliant, a vendor must implement 100% of this Windows Sockets specification. Applications which are capable of operating with any "Windows Sockets Compliant" protocol implementation will be considered as having a "Windows Sockets Interface" and will be referred to as "Windows Sockets Applications". This version of the Windows Sockets specification defines and documents the use of the API in conjunction with the Internet Protocol Suite (IPS, generally referred to as TCP/IP). Specifically, all Windows Sockets implementations support both stream (TCP) and datagram (UDP) sockets. While the use of this API with alternative protocol stacks is not precluded (and is expected to be the subject of future revisions of the specification), such usage is beyond the scope of this version of the specification.

"SPECTACULAR" is a mild word for describing the strange experiment with life that comprises the story of Nikola Tesla, and "amazing" fails to do adequate justice to the results that burst from his experiences like an exploding rocket. It is the story of the dazzling scintillations of a superman who created a new world; it is a story that condemns woman as an anchor of the flesh which retards the development of man and limits his accomplishment and, paradoxically, proves that even the most successful life, if it does not include a woman, is a dismal failure.

This book shows you how you can add "send," "speak," and "dial" to your Windows applications and how you can build complete, full-featured e-mail, voice, and telephony applications using Visual Basic, C++ or other VBA-compliant languages. You'll also find detailed reference information on the Messaging, Speech and Telephony API services, recommended hardware, third-party development tools, and tips on how to integrate your applications into Microsoft Exchange server. Michael Amundsen works as an IS Consulting and Training Specialist for Design-Synergy Corporation, a consulting and project management firm specializing in information technology services. He has earned Microsoft certifications for Windows, Visual Basic, SQL Server, and Microsoft Exchange Server. Mike's work takes him to sites in the US and Europe where he teaches Windows programming and helps companies develop and manage Windows-based client/server solutions.

Вы в лабиринте узких извивающихся ходов, да еще и похожих друг на друга. Перед вами маячит одна из наиболее сложных и до жути страшных систем, из когда-либо написанных живыми существами. Linux - это операционная система, свободнораспространяемая или короче - free, относящаяся к семейству "клону" UNIX для персональных компьютеров, созданная сумбурной командой UNIX-экспертов, хакеров и случайно прибившихся к этой честной компании еще более подозрительных личностей. Хотя система невольно отражает эту тяжелую наследственность, и хотя процесс создания Linux выглядел как дезорганизованные усилия добровольцев, система получилась на удивление мощной, быстрой и бесплатной. Это блестящее решение в классе 32-разрядных операционных систем. Лично мое знакомство с Linux началось несколько лет назад, когда я задумался, как инсталлировать единственный "дистрибутив" Linux, существовавший в то время - пара дискет, подготовленных H.J. Lu. Я сбросил кучу файлов и стал читать, страница за страницей, неряшливо подготовленную инструкцию по инсталляции. Каким-то образом мне удалось инсталлировать эту базовую систему и заставить все вместе работать. Это было задолго до того, как стало возможно приобрести Linux у дистрибуторов всего мира на CD-ROM. Еще до того, когда сам Linux научился обращаться к CD-ROM. Это было до XFree86, до Emacs, до организации коммерческого сопровождения, до того, как Linux стал действительным соперником MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows и OS/2 на рынке операционных систем персональных компьютеров. Вы держите в своих собственных руках карту и путеводитель в мире Linux. Я надеюсь, что эта книга поможет вам в приятном путешествии по тому, что я считаю быстрейшей и самой мощной операционной системой для персональных компьютеров. Установить свой собственный Linux - это может быть само по себе большим удовольствием, так что берите чашку кофе, садитесь и начинайте читать. И для меня тоже чашечку, раз уж вы этим занялись. Я ведь уже давно тут, в Linux, живу.

Сегодня легко отыскивать недостатки в архитектуре Microsoft Windows 3.x, которая создавалась в те времена, когда наиболее распространенными были процессоры 286 и ОЗУ малой емкости. Но стоит также вспомнить, что значила Windows 3.x для персонального компьютера: усовершенствованный графический интерфейс пользователя, "невидимое" управление памятью, масштабируемые шрифты и унифицированная модель воспроизведения изображений, многозадачность и 32-разрядные драйверы виртуальных устройств (VxD) - мы перечислили лишь наиболее важные нововведения. В этой статье мы рассмотрим достоинства и недостатки архитектуры Windows 3.x и 32-разрядных операционных систем, готовых прийти ей на смену.

Features detailed information on database programming, including ODBC and client/server technology. Covers hot new Internet and object-oriented programming features. Teaches beginning- and intermediate-level programmers how to write for the Microsoft Windows operating system using the Visual Basic programming environment.If you have chosen Visual Basic as your programming tool, let me be the first to congratulate you. Visual Basic is by far the most popular programming tool in history, and there are a lot of good reasons for this popularity. When Visual Basic was originally introduced, it was the first development tool that took Windows programming out of the realm of the specialist and brought it to a level where normal, intelligent people could get something useful done. The ideas of drag-and-drop interface design and event-driven programming are almost universal now, but Visual Basic was the first to make them available to the general programmer. There are plenty of Visual Basic imitators now, and some of them are quite good. In my opinion—and I am not alone—Visual Basic is still the leader of the pack when it comes to Windows development tools. You have made a wise choice.

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