The Internet Encyclopedia, Volume 3 (P - Z)

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Hossein Bidgoli
John Wiley & Sons, Apr 12, 2004 - Business & Economics - 976 pages
The Internet Encyclopedia in a 3-volume reference work on the internet as a business tool, IT platform, and communications and commerce medium.

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Contents

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Patent Law
14
PeertoPeer Systems
25
Perl
34
Personalization and Customization Technologies
51
Physical Security
64
Politics
84
Privacy Law
96
Trademark Law
448
Travel and Tourism
459
Universally Accessible Web Resources Designing for People with Disabilities
477
Unix Operating System
494
Usability Testing An Evaluation Process for Internet Communications
512
Value Chain Analysis
525
Video Compression
537
Video Streaming
554

Propagation Characteristics of Wireless Channels
124
Prototyping
135
Public Accounting Firms
145
Public Key Infrastructure PKI
156
Public Networks
166
Radio Frequency and Wireless Communications
177
Real Estate
192
Research on the Internet
201
Return on Investment Analysis for Ebusiness Projects
211
Risk Management in InternetBased Software Projects
229
RuleBased and Expert Systems
237
Secure Electronic Transactions SET
247
Secure Sockets Layer SSL
261
Securities Trading on the Internet
274
Software Design and Implementation in the Web Environment
286
Software Piracy
297
Speech and Audio Compression
307
Standards and Protocols in Data Communications
320
Storage Area Networks SANs
329
Strategic Alliances
340
Structured Query Language SQL
353
Supply Chain Management
365
Supply Chain Management and the Internet
374
Supply Chain Management Technologies
387
Supply Networks Developing and Maintaining Relationships and Strategies
398
Taxation Issues
413
TCPIP Suite
424
Telecommuting and Telework
436
Virtual Enterprises
567
Virtual Private Networks Internet Protocol IP Based
579
Virtual Reality on the Internet Collaborative Virtual Reality
591
Virtual Teams
600
Visual Basic
608
Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript
620
Visual C++ Microsoft
635
Voice over Internet Protocol IP
647
WebBased Training
661
Webcasting
674
Web Content Management
687
Web Hosting
699
Web Quality of Service
711
Web Search Fundamentals
724
Web Search Technology
738
Web Services
754
Web Site Design
768
Wide Area and Metropolitan Area Networks
776
Windows 2000 Security
792
Wireless Application Protocol WAP
805
Wireless Communications Applications
817
Wireless Internet
831
Wireless Marketing
850
XBRL Extensible Business Reporting Language Business Reporting with XML
863
Reviewers
887
Index
895
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About the author (2004)

Hossein Bidgoli, Ph.D., is Professor of Management Information Systems at California State University. Dr. Bidgoli helped set up the first PC lab in the United States. He is the author of 43 textbooks, 27 manuals, and over four dozen technical articles and papers on various aspects of computer applications, e-commerce, and information systems, which have been published and presented throughout the world. Dr. Bidgoli also serves as the editor-in-chief of Encyclopedia of Information Systems.

Dr. Bidgoli was selected ass the California State University, Bakersfield's 2001-2002 Professor of the Year.

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