Informatica - Softcover

Black, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375706283 ISBN 13: 9780375706288

Publisher: Random House USA Inc, 1999

Synopsis

An innovative catalog highlights more than four hundred effective tools for accessing and managing information of all kinds, including print sources, Web sites, software, audio and video, the latest electronic technology, and more. Original. 20,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Authors

Peter McNaughton Black founded and is CEO of XIPHIAS Corporation, a Los Angeles-based publisher of reference products on disk and the Net.

<b>Peter McNaughton Black</b> founded and is CEO of XIPHIAS Corporation, a Los Angeles-based publisher of reference products on disk and the Net. He has a Master's Degree in Sanskrit and Linguistics, and has run XIPHIAS Corporation since 1979. He is the Publisher of Encyclopedia Electronica™, and is a recognized authority on Infrastructure Warfare.<br><br>Mr. Black lives with his wife, Patricia and three children in West Los Angeles.

From the Inside Flap

enjoy and decipher the information revolution--with this fun, easy-to-use techno-geek tour of the best tools available today.<br><br>Want to learn about:<br><br> Who's really running a Web site behind the scenes? See "Alexa" on page 259.<br> A global on-line database of living things? See "Tree of Life" on page 109.<br> A computer-controlled wide-band radio to tune in the world? See "ICOM PCR- 1000" on page 10.<br> The best place to buy world maps, reachable via the Web? See "The Map Shop" on page 113.<br> Satellite imagery downloadable from the U.S. Geological Survey? See "Satellite Imagery" on page 136.<br> A metasearch engine that trolls other sites like Yahoo and Excite and distills the results? See "Inference Find" on page 155.<br> The best way to use search engines like Alta Vista and Yahoo? &

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375706283
• ISBN 13: 9780375706288
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400