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Chokhani, Santosh
Mitre Corp.
McLean, Virginia
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  Practical UNIX security
Garfinkel S., Spafford G., O’Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, 1991.  Type: Book (9780937175729)

Those who deal with security and those who deal with UNIX (AT&T System V as well as BSD 4.2 and 4.3) must have this book. In the preface, the authors state, “This book is not intended to be a UNIX tutorial.…...

Jun 1 1992  
  A Classification of Transaction Processing Systems
Leff A., Pu C. Computer 24(6): 63-76, 1991.  Type: Article

The authors put forward the notion that the problems in building transaction processing systems are a function of the pivotal attributes of the underlying database management systems. The problems are related to recovery, concurrency, ...

Mar 1 1992  
  Meta-level control for deductive database systems
Schmidt H., Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., New York, NY, 1991.  Type: Book (9780387537542)

In this doctoral dissertation accepted by the Technical University of Munich, the author first recognizes the advantages of declarative systems over procedural systems: separation of logic and control and a reduction in program complex...

Nov 1 1991  
  Diffusion in computing networks: the case of BITNET
Gurbaxani V. Communications of the ACM 33(12): 65-75, 1990.  Type: Article

The author proposes that the proliferation of computer networks follows the innovation diffusion theory. According to this theory, the number of new subscribers over time can be represented by a bell-shaped curve with the following cha...

Aug 1 1991  
  Relational database design and implementation using DB2
Montgomery S., Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, NY, 1990.  Type: Book (9789780442001346)

The audience for this book is application programmers, database designers, data modelers, and data administrators who use DB2. The book also provides theoretical foundations for data modeling and relational database design. The clear w...

Feb 1 1991  
  Computer communication systems: data circuits error detection data links: vol. 1
Nussbaumer H., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 1990.  Type: Book (9789780471924951)

This translation from the French original “is derived from courses given to computer engineering students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne. It is intended for those who have a basic background in data pr...

Oct 1 1990  
  Integrated digital communications networks: vol. 2
Pujolle G. (ed), Seret D., Dromard D., Horlait E., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 1988.  Type: Book (9789780471914228)

This book, which focuses on integrated digital communications networks, is divided into two volumes, each of which contains approximately 300 pages. The volumes I reviewed are the translations of the original French works. In the prefa...

Feb 1 1990  
  Integrated digital communications networks: vol. 1
Pujolle G. (ed), Seret D., Dromard D., Horlait E., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 1989.  Type: Book (9789780471914211)

This book, which focuses on integrated digital communications networks, is divided into two volumes, each of which contains approximately 300 pages. The volumes I reviewed are the translations of the original French works. In the prefa...

Feb 1 1990  
  Distributed operating system for transputers
Grimsdale C. Microprocessors & Microsystems 13(2): 79-87, 1989.  Type: Article

Grimsdale has written a computing practices–type paper on the high-level design of Helios, a distributed operating system for transputers. The Helios operating system consists of a nucleus and various services. The nucleus co...

Sep 1 1989  
  Managing stored voice in the Etherphone system
Terry D., Swinehart D. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems 6(1): 3-27, 1988.  Type: Article

According to the authors’ abstract, “the voice manager in the Etherphone system provides facilities for recording, editing, and playing stored voice in a distributed personal-computing environment. It provides the b...

Apr 1 1989  
 
 
 
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