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Classic Computer Science and Related Technology Books from the 1980s and 1990s.
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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
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BASIC Fun: Computer Games, Puzzles, and Problems Children Can Write
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The C Programming Language
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Basic Beginnings (An Avon/Camelot Book)
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The C++ Programming Language
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Basic Fun With Adventure Games
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Programming Perl
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Basic Fun With Graphics: The IBM-PC Way (An Avon/Camelot Book)
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Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
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Basic Fun With Graphics: The Apple Computer Way (An Avon/Camelot Book)
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Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment
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BASIC Fun With Graphics: The Atari Computer Way
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Introduction to Algorithms
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Computer Organization & Design: The Hardware/Software Interface
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The UNIX Programming Environment
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The SIMD Model of Parallel Computation
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Parallel Computation: Models and Methods
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Data Structures and Algorithms
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The Design of the UNIX Operating System
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C++: How to Program
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Java: How to Program
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Computer Vision
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Digital Image Processing
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Computer Organization
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Distributed Operating Systems
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Operating Systems Design and Implementation
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Introduction to Parallel Computing: Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms
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Parallel Processing and Parallel Algorithms: Theory and Computation
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The Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms
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An Introduction to Parallel Algorithms
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Introducing Algorithms
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UNIX for Programmers and Users
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Unix for Programmers and Users: A Complete Guide
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Data-Parallel Programming on MIMD Computers
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Modern Operating Systems
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The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
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A Discipline of Programming
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Software Tools
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Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms, The
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UNIX System Administration Handbook
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Computer Networks
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Foundations of Computer Science: C Edition
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