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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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4.34 avg rating — 1,722 ratings
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BASIC Fun With Graphics: The Atari Computer Way
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Introduction to Algorithms
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4.35 avg rating — 9,264 ratings
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Computer Organization & Design: The Hardware/Software Interface
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3.97 avg rating — 1,692 ratings
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The UNIX Programming Environment
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4.24 avg rating — 1,309 ratings
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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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3.93 avg rating — 243 ratings
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The Design of the UNIX Operating System
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4.24 avg rating — 589 ratings
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C++: How to Program
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3.97 avg rating — 1,299 ratings
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Java: How to Program
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3.89 avg rating — 1,060 ratings
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Computer Vision
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4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Digital Image Processing
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4.09 avg rating — 743 ratings
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Computer Organization
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3.60 avg rating — 134 ratings
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Distributed Operating Systems
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3.96 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Operating Systems Design and Implementation
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4.13 avg rating — 550 ratings
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Introduction to Parallel Computing: Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms
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4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
score: 80,
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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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3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
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An Introduction to Parallel Algorithms
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3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Introducing Algorithms
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4.35 avg rating — 9,264 ratings
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UNIX for Programmers and Users
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3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings
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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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score: 73,
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Modern Operating Systems
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4.15 avg rating — 2,185 ratings
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The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
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4.12 avg rating — 1,934 ratings
score: 71,
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A Discipline of Programming
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4.22 avg rating — 181 ratings
score: 70,
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Software Tools
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4.35 avg rating — 111 ratings
score: 69,
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Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms, The
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3.87 avg rating — 100 ratings
score: 68,
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UNIX System Administration Handbook
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4.36 avg rating — 302 ratings
score: 67,
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Computer Networks
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4.12 avg rating — 2,400 ratings
score: 66,
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Foundations of Computer Science: C Edition
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4.06 avg rating — 109 ratings
score: 65,
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list created January 18th, 2019
by Darrell Ulm (votes) .
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