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1 online resource (xvii, 301 pages) : illustrations |
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computer c rdamedia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Fornt Cover; Advances in COMPUTERS; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. The Virtual University: A State of the Art; Chapter 2. The Net the Web and the Children; Chapter 3. Source Selection and Ranking in the WebSemantics Architecture Using Quality of Data Metadata1; Chapter 4. Mining Scientific Data; Color Plate Section; Chapter 5. History and Contributions of Theoretical Computer Science; Chapter 6. Security Policies; Chapter 7. Transistors and IC Design; Author Index; Subject Index; Contents of Volumes in This Series. |
| Summary |
Volume 55 covers some particularly hot topics. Linda Harasim writes about education and the Web in "The Virtual University: A State of the Art." She discusses the issues that will need to be addressed if online education is to live up to expectations. Neville Holmes covers a related subject in his chapter "The Net, the Web, and the Children." He argues that the Web is an evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, development and highlights the division between the rich and the poor within and across nations. Continuing the WWW theme, George Mihaila, Louqa Raschid, and Maria-Esther Vidal look at |
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Print version record. |
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Computer science.
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Electronic data processing.
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Computers.
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Electronic Data Processing |
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Computers |
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Informatique.
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Ordinateurs.
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computers.
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Computer science
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Computers
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Electronic data processing
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| Added Author |
Zelkowitz, Marvin V., 1945-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Advances in computers. Volume 55. San Diego [Calif.] ; London : Academic Press, ©2001 0120121557 9780120121557 (OCoLC)263570490 |
| ISBN |
9780080951447 (electronic bk.) |
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0080951449 (electronic bk.) |
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0120121557 (electronic bk.) |
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9780120121557 (electronic bk.) |
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AU@ 000067650015 |
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DEBSZ 405322739 |
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