Authors:Weijia Huang, Qun Ao,
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Keywords: culture, language, chinese
Number of Pages: 500
Published: 2003-03-15
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 9629960060
ISBN-13: 9789629960063

This is a reader written especially for learners of intermediate level Chinese and above. It contains forty articles on topics such as Chinese language, culture, history, society, folklore, holidays, geography. The articles, arranged according to level of difficulty, are concise and written in a clear and colloquial style. Grammatical notes and exercises are included after each article and two appendices are available for easy reference.

Authors:Weijia Jia, Wanlei Zhou,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: network, theory, applications, implementations, concepts, systems, distributed
Number of Pages: 513
Published: 2004-12-15
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 0387238395
ISBN-13: 9780387238395

This volume covers both theoretical and practical aspects of distributed computing. It describes the client-server model for developing distributed network systems, the communication paradigms used in a distributed network system, and the principles of reliability and security in the design of distributed network systems. Based on theoretical introductions, the book presents various implementation strategies and techniques for building distributed network systems, including examples in TCP/IP communications, the use of remote procedure call and remote method invocation techniques, and the deve