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The Informatics Handbook. A Guide to Multimedia Communications and Broadcasting.
Stewart Fist
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Description for The Informatics Handbook. A Guide to Multimedia Communications and Broadcasting.
paperback. A guide to the converging technologies of information technology, telecommunications, broadcasting and multimedia production. It provides comprehensive coverage of all these areas. Series: Telecommunications Technology & Applications Series (Closed). Num Pages: 746 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHDS; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2940.
This is not a dictionary - and nor is it an encyclopedia. It is a reference and compendium of useful information about the converging worlds of computers, communications, telecommunications and broadcasting. You could refer to it as a guide for the Information Super Highway, but this would be pretentious. It aims to cover most of the more important terms and concepts in the developing discipline of Informatics - which, in my definition, includes the major converging technologies, and the associated social and cultural issues. Unlike a dictionary, this handbook makes no attempt to be 'prescriptive' in its definitions. Many of ... Read more
This is not a dictionary - and nor is it an encyclopedia. It is a reference and compendium of useful information about the converging worlds of computers, communications, telecommunications and broadcasting. You could refer to it as a guide for the Information Super Highway, but this would be pretentious. It aims to cover most of the more important terms and concepts in the developing discipline of Informatics - which, in my definition, includes the major converging technologies, and the associated social and cultural issues. Unlike a dictionary, this handbook makes no attempt to be 'prescriptive' in its definitions. Many of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Number of pages
746
Condition
New
Series
Telecommunications Technology & Applications Series (Closed)
Number of Pages
746
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412725302
SKU
V9780412725302
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for The Informatics Handbook. A Guide to Multimedia Communications and Broadcasting.
`Hurrah! Here is a totally wonderful 746-page reference to all of the technical terms, acronyms, codes and other strange things which inhabit the computing and IT marketplaces.' Telecomworldwire `No matter how much you know about multimedia communications and broadcasting (and there is a lot to know), you need this handbook...the ... Read more