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In the 1970s, while their contemporaries were protesting the computer as a tool of dehumanization and oppression, a motley collection of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics fanatics were engage
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This book addresses the use of comparable corpora for computer-assisted translation. The first part of the book contains a state-of-the art of the techniques used for the extraction of bilingual lexic
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As well as covering state-of-the-art approaches to computer hand gesture recognition, this work is a valuable primer for researchers aiming to move into the world of HCI. Written by experts, it shows
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This book brings together several advanced topics in computer graphics that are important in the areas of game development, three-dimensional animation and real-time rendering. The book is designed fo
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Rather than showcase the success stories of computer design, Delete: A History of Vapourware creates a completely new narrative by investigating the machines that didn't make it. This fascinating book
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