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Version 1.0, August 31, 2001, Copyright, Hugh Jack 1993-2001

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1. TABLE OF CONTENTS

• TABLE OF CONTENTS 2
• MATHEMATICAL TOOLS 6
• INTRODUCTION 6
• FUNCTIONS 10
• SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS 15
• COORDINATE SYSTEMS 39
• MATRICES AND VECTORS 43
• CALCULUS 57
• NUMERICAL METHODS 74
• LAPLACE TRANSFORMS 78
• z-TRANSFORMS 81
• FOURIER SERIES 84
• TOPICS NOT COVERED (YET) 84
• REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY 85
• WRITING REPORTS 86
• WHY WRITE REPORTS? 86
• THE TECHNICAL DEPTH OF THE REPORT 86
• TYPES OF REPORTS 87
• ELEMENTS 95
• GENERAL FORMATTING 98
• Title: High Tech Presentations The Easy Way 100
• 1.0 PRESENTATIONS IN GENERAL 100
• 2.0 GOOD PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES 101
• 2.1 VISUALS 101
• 2.2 SPEAKING TIPS 102
• 3.0 PRESENTATION TECHNOLOGY 102
• 3.1 COMMON HARDWARE/SOFTWARE 103
• 3.2 PRESENTING WITH TECHNOLOGY 106
• X.0 EXAMPLES OF PRESENTATIONS 106
• 4.0 OTHER TECHNOLOGY ISSUES 107
• 4.1 NETWORKS 108
• 4.1.1 Computer Addresses 108
• 4.1.2 NETWORK TYPES 108
• 4.1.2.1 Permanent Wires 108
• 4.1.2.2 Phone Lines 108
• 4.1.3 NETWORK PROTOCOLS 109
• 4.1.3.1 FTP - File Transfer Protocol 109
• 4.1.3.2 HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol 109
• 4.1.3.3 Novell 110
• 4.1.4 DATA FORMATS 110
• 4.1.4.1 HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language 110
• 4.1.4.1.1 Publishing Web Pages 111
• 4.1.4.2 URLs 112
• 4.1.4.3 Hints 112
• 4.1.4.4 Specialized Editors 112
• 4.1.4.5 PDF 113
• 4.1.4.6 Compression 113
• 4.1.4.7 Java 114
• 4.1.4.8 Javascript 114
• 4.1.4.9 ActiveX 114
• 4.1.4.10 Graphics 114
• 4.1.4.11 Animation 115
• 4.1.4.12 Video 115
• 4.1.4.13 Sounds 115
• 4.1.4.14 Other Program Files 116
• 4.2 PULLING ALL THE PROTOCOLS AND FORMATS TOGETHER WITH BROWSWERS 116
• REFERENCES 117
• ENGINEERING JOKES 118
• AN ENGINEER, A LAWYER AND A..... 118
• GEEKY REFERENCES 122
• QUIPS 122
• ACADEMIA 122
• COMPUTERS 126
• OTHER STUFF 135
• PUZZLES 142
• MATH 142
• STRATEGY 144
• GEOMETRY 145
• PLANNING/DESIGN 147
• REFERENCES 147
• ATOMIC MATERIAL DATA 148
• MECHANICAL MATERIAL PROPERTIES 148
• FORMULA SHEET 151
• UNITS AND CONVERSIONS 156
• HOW TO USE UNITS 156
• HOW TO USE SI UNITS 157
• THE TABLE 157
• ASCII, HEX, BINARY CONVERSION 161
• G-CODES 163
• COMBINED GLOSSARY OF TERMS 167
• A 167
• B 170
• C 175
• D 181
• E 186
• F 188
• G 191
• H 191
• I 193
• J 195
• K 196
• L 196
• M 198
• N 200
• O 202
• P 204
• Q 208
• R 208
• S 212
• T 215
• U 218
• V 219
• W 220
• X 220
• Y 221
• Z 221

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