Input devices are those portions of computer, data processing, and information systems that perform the essential function of providing some means for entering commands and data into the system. Therefore, input devices are found in all such systems, but are treated here as a separate equipment group, independent of the

The term computer graphics refers to the generation,representation, manipulation, processing, and display of data by a computer. Computer-generated images may be real or imagined, animated or still, two-dimensional (2-D) or three-dimensional (3-D).Today most computers, particularly those in the PC,Macintosh, or workstation categories

Computer networks are geographically distributed collections of communication links and switching proces￾sors, the purpose of which is to transport data between computers, workstations, and terminals. In general the elements of a computer network must follow compatible rules of operation together to function effectively. These rules of operation are known as protocols

The last decade has seen a revolution in software engineering tools and techniques. This revolution has been fueled by the ever-increasing complexity of the software component of delivered systems. Although the software component of delivered systems may not be the most expensive component, it is usually, however, “in series” with the hardware component; if the software doesn’t work, the hardware is useless

The true language of computers is a stream of 1s and 0s—bits. Everything in the computer, be it numbers or text or program, spreadsheet or database or 3-D rendering, is nothing but an array of bits. The meaning of the bits is in the “eye of the beholder”; it is determined entirely by context. Bits are not a useful medium for human consumption. Instead, we insist that what we read be formatted spatially and presented

Positional and Polynomial Representations • Unsigned Binary Number System • Unsigned Binary-Coded Decimal, Hexadecimal, and Octal Systems • Conversion between Number Systems • Signed Binary Numbers • Floating-Point Number Systems 86.2 Computer Arithmetic Number Representation • Algorithms for Basic Arithmetic

Man-Machine Systems 105.2 Several Natures of Man-Machine Control-A Catalog of Behavioral Complexities 105.3 Full-Attention Compensatory Operations--The Crossover model Crossover Frequency for Full-Attention Operations. Remnant Duane Mcruer Effects of Changes in the Task Variables. Effects of Divided 105.1 Introduction

Linear Transversal Equalizers Nonlinear Equalizers. Linear 70.3 Receivers. Nonlinear Receivers 70.3 Spread Spectrum Communications Brief History Why Spread Spectrum? Basic Concepts and M. K. Simon Terminology. Spread Spectrum Techniques. Applications of Jet Propulsion Laboratory Spread Spectrum 70.1 Error Control Coding Richard C. Dorf and Zhen Wan Error correcting codes may be classified into two broad categories: block codes and tree codes. A block code

devices the techniques were tailored to gate networks of the type described above. The term gate was already in use in the forties to denote the logical elements discussed earlier. There are very many good references on Boolean algebra and we may quote only a selected few of them. Suffice it to mention the texts by Hill and Peterson [1974], Kohavi [1978], and Hohn [1966]. These books give

University of California,Davis 69.1 Modulation and Demodulation Jefferson F. Lindsey III Modulation. Superheterodyne Technique. Pulse-Code Southern Illinois University at Modulation. Frequency-Shift Keying. M-ary Phase-Shift Carbondale Keying. Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Dennis F. Doelitzsch 69.2 Radio 3-D Communications Standard Broadcasting (Amplitude Modulation).Frequency