1. TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.1

2. MATHEMATICAL TOOLS 1.5

2.1 INTRODUCTION 1.5

2.2 FUNCTIONS 1.9

2.3 SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS 1.14

2.4 COORDINATE SYSTEMS 1.38

2.5 MATRICES AND VECTORS 1.42

2.6 CALCULUS 1.56

2.7 NUMERICAL METHODS 1.73

2.8 LAPLACE TRANSFORMS 1.77

2.9 z-TRANSFORMS 1.80

2.10 FOURIER SERIES 1.83

2.11 TOPICS NOT COVERED (YET) 1.83

2.12 REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY 1.84

3. WRITING REPORTS 1.85

3.1 WHY WRITE REPORTS? 1.85

3.2 THE TECHNICAL DEPTH OF THE REPORT 1.85

3.3 TYPES OF REPORTS 1.86

3.4 ELEMENTS 1.94

3.5 GENERAL FORMATTING 1.97

Title: High Tech Presentations The Easy Way 1.99

1.0 PRESENTATIONS IN GENERAL 1.99

2.0 GOOD PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES 1.100

2.1 VISUALS 1.100

2.2 SPEAKING TIPS 1.101

3.0 PRESENTATION TECHNOLOGY 1.101

3.1 COMMON HARDWARE/SOFTWARE 1.102

3.2 PRESENTING WITH TECHNOLOGY 1.105

X.0 EXAMPLES OF PRESENTATIONS 1.105

4.0 OTHER TECHNOLOGY ISSUES 1.106

4.1 NETWORKS 1.107

4.1.1 Computer Addresses 1.107

4.1.2 NETWORK TYPES 1.107

4.1.2.1 Permanent Wires 1.107

4.1.2.2 Phone Lines 1.107

4.1.3 NETWORK PROTOCOLS 1.108

4.1.3.1 FTP - File Transfer Protocol 1.108

4.1.3.2 HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol 1.108

4.1.3.3 Novell 1.109

4.1.4 DATA FORMATS 1.109

4.1.4.1 HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language 1.109

4.1.4.1.1 Publishing Web Pages 1.110

4.1.4.2 URLs 1.111

4.1.4.3 Hints 1.111

4.1.4.4 Specialized Editors 1.111

4.1.4.5 PDF 1.112

4.1.4.6 Compression 1.112

4.1.4.7 Java 1.113

4.1.4.8 Javascript 1.113

4.1.4.9 ActiveX 1.113

4.1.4.10 Graphics 1.113

4.1.4.11 Animation 1.114

4.1.4.12 Video 1.114

4.1.4.13 Sounds 1.114

4.1.4.14 Other Program Files 1.115

4.2 PULLING ALL THE PROTOCOLS AND FORMATS TOGETHER WITH BROWSWERS 1.115

REFERENCES 1.116

AA:1. ENGINEERING JOKES 1.117

AA:1.1 AN ENGINEER, A LAWYER AND A..... 1.117

AA:1.2 GEEKY REFERENCES 1.121

AA:1.3 QUIPS 1.121

AA:1.4 ACADEMIA 1.121

AA:1.5 COMPUTERS 1.125

AA:1.6 OTHER STUFF 1.134

2. PUZZLES 1.142

2.1 MATH 1.142

2.2 STRATEGY 1.144

2.3 GEOMETRY 1.145

2.4 PLANNING/DESIGN 1.147

2.5 REFERENCES 1.147

3. 1.148

4. ATOMIC MATERIAL DATA 1.148

5. MECHANICAL MATERIAL PROPERTIES 1.148

5.1 FORMULA SHEET 1.151

6. UNITS AND CONVERSIONS 1.156

6.1 HOW TO USE UNITS 1.156

6.2 HOW TO USE SI UNITS 1.157

6.3 THE TABLE 1.157

6.4 ASCII, HEX, BINARY CONVERSION 1.161

6.5 G-CODES 1.163

7. COMBINED GLOSSARY OF TERMS 1.167

7.1 A 1.167

7.2 B 1.170

7.3 C 1.175

7.4 D 1.181

7.5 E 1.186

7.6 F 1.188

7.7 G 1.191

7.8 H 1.191

7.9 I 1.193

7.10 J 1.195

7.11 K 1.196

7.12 L 1.196

7.13 M 1.198

7.14 N 1.200

7.15 O 1.202

7.16 P 1.204

7.17 Q 1.208

7.18 R 1.208

7.19 S 1.212

7.20 T 1.215

7.21 U 1.218

7.22 V 1.219

7.23 W 1.220

7.24 X 1.220

7.25 Y 1.221

7.26 Z 1.221