Computer Software

Cezzar, Ruknet. A Guide to Programming Languages. Boston: Artech House, 1995. Good short summaries of key languages.

Cusumano, Michael, and Selby, Richard. Microsoft Secrets. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Important on the early Microsoft.

Custer, Helen. Inside Windows NT. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 1993. More than an introduction to NT, this is a thoughtful and well-explained overview of modern operating systems. By no means out of date.

Fluckiger, François, Understanding Networked Multimedia. London: Prentice Hall, 1995. Full of information both about multimedia technologies and about networks.

Kroenke, David. Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design and Implementation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall PTR, 1999. Can be used as an overview or as a textbook. Excellent explanations.

Loomis, Mary E. Object Databases: The Essentials. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1995. A lucid introduction.

McConnell, Steve. Code Complete. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 1993. A wonderfully clear guide to effective programming techniques.

Scott, D.F. Programming Illustrated. Indianapolis, IN: Que Corporation, 1994. Remarkably good introduction.

Sigfried, S. Understanding Object-Oriented Software Engineering. New York: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc: 1996. How to think in an object-oriented way, not how to program. Complex, but interesting.

Tannenbaum, Andrew S. and Woodhull, Albert S. Operating Systems: Design and Implementation. Second edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996. The standard overview; a well-written text.

Taylor, David A. Object-Oriented Technology: A Manager's Guide. Second edition. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1997. Excellent overview.

Wiener, Lauren Ruth. Digital Woes. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993. Software angst—true tales from the programming front on why software is unreliable. After you read this you may not want to fly or drive or...