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|a Ratzan, Lee.
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|a Understanding information systems :
|b what they do and why we need them /
|c Lee Ratzan.
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|a Chicago :
|b American Library Association,
|c 2004.
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|a Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index.
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|g 1.
|t Describing information --
|t The nature of information --
|t What is an information system? --
|t Properties of information --
|t Working definitions of information --
|t Information distortion --
|g 2.
|t Representing information --
|t Are all arithmetics created equal? --
|t The cumbersome decimal system --
|t The simple binary system --
|t Converting binary to decimal and back again 44 numbers as meaning (gematria and numerology) --
|t Hexadecimal representation --
|t Number-based humor --
|t How did the romans deal with fractions? --
|t Prefix andpostfix representation --
|g 3.
|t Organizing information --
|t Fundamental information structures --
|t Who wants short sorts? --
|g 4.
|t Retrieving information --
|t The nature of information retrieval --
|t Recall and precision --
|t Boolean and beyond --
|t Vector methods (simplified) --
|t Fuzzy information retrieval --
|t Inverted files --
|g 5.
|t Networking information --
|t Bus topology --
|t Ring topology --
|t Mesh topology --
|t Star topology --
|t Hybrid topologies --
|t Routers, switches and gateways --
|g 6.
|t Securing information --
|t Physical, data, server, backup, network security --
|t The first line of defense : the lowly password --
|t Viruses, worms, trojan horses and other nasties --
|t A dangerous script --
|t Misdirection and applications --
|g 7.
|t Concelaing information --
|t Codes and ciphers --
|t Steganography (hiding in plain sight) --
|t Equidistant letter sequences and the bible code --
|t Key issues --
|t The unbreakable one-time pad --
|t Symmetric and public key cryptography --
|t How and why it works --
|t The secret history of public cryptography --
|t Navajo code talkers --
|g 8.
|t Measuring information --
|t Bibliometrics (measuring the printed word) --
|t Sabermetrics (measuring baseball information) --
|t Web metrics --
|g 9.
|t Counting information --
|t Counting tools (abacus, slide rule) --
|t Counting methods (cast out nines, Russian peasant algorithm, finger math) --
|t Counting things --
|g 10.
|t Numbering information --
|t Prime cuts --
|t The intriguing nature of pi --
|t Pascal's triangle (applications to births and books) --
|g 11.
|t Managing information --
|t Characteristics of a successful information system --
|t Some information management facts of life --
|t Two fundamental design approaches --
|t Building a successful information system --
|t Why things go wrong --
|t Costs and risks --
|g 12.
|t The computer as an information system --
|t How big is an exabyte? --
|t Data compression (getting more bytes for the buck) --
|g 13.
|t The internet as an information system --
|t Basic internet protocol addressing (location, location, location) --
|t What is an IP address? --
|t How big is the internet? --
|t Addressing schemes --
|t The internet metaphor project (metaphors be with you) --
|t Is the internet a privilege or a right? --
|t Internet issues (evolution, who pays, economic models, who runs?) --
|g 14.
|t Music as an information system --
|t The nature of music and sound --
|t Tuning information systems --
|t How many tones belong in a scale? --
|t Making cents of it all --
|t Melody machines --
|t Fundamentals of music information retrieval --
|t Cultural violations --
|t Style, theme and melody based retrieval --
|g 15.
|t Counter-intuitive information --
|t Not quite paradoxes and the paradoxes of zeno --
|t The birthday paradox (applications to books, blood and parking tickets) --
|t The trouble with infinity (a short history, what it is, what it is not) --
|g App. A.
|t Who owns the server? --
|g App. B.
|t The square root of two is irrational! --
|g App. C.
|t Who's on first?
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