McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Electronics and Computers Book

Updated and revised to cover the latest developments in an extremely fast-growing field,this book will be a "must-have" reference for all computer professionals,for serious hobbyists,and for all engineers,scientists,technicians,students,librarians,and educators with a professional interest in electronics and computer science. In one convenient volume,the Encyclopedia contains 520 alphabetically arranged articles-120 of them completely revised for this edition and 45 that are brand new. They cover fourth-generation languages. . . electron-hole recombination. . . lasers. . . data processing systems. . . semiconductors. . . local-area networks. . . nonlinear optical devices. . . artificial intelligence. . . optical recording. . . and more. The articles are selected from the internationally acclaimed 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.