Modern computers are based on a modular design. This enables anyone with a screwdriver set to assemble a fully functional desktop computer that works just as good as a store-bought branded PC. Assembling is easy. Knowing which computer components will work together can be a daunting task for a newbie. This book solves that problem. It explains computer hardware using simple terms, illustrations, photographs and tables. You will be able to read the technical specifications ...

Create, edit, modify and convert multimedia files using FFmpeg, the most versatile open source audio and video processing tool available for Linux, Mac and Windows users. After reading this book, you will be able to work with video and audio files, images, text, animations, fonts, subtitles and metadata like a pro.It begins with a simple introduction to FFmpeg executables — ffmpeg, ffprobe and ffplay, and explains how you can use them to process multimedia containers, streams, audi...

Dictionary Of Indian English, in its first edition, is a glossary of English words or phrases that have been invented in India or have meanings that are different from the ones specified in dictionaries published in the West. Currently, it has over 400 words. In future editions, it will become a full-fledged dictionary. For now, it is useful to non-Indian readers of Indian English fiction and Indian news, and foreign travellers to India.

The first edition of this book (written in 2003) was about investing in the Indian stockmarket but it remained popular around the world. This was because it:was, as the cover says, a plain-English guide to investing in the stockmarket. It assumed that you did not know anything about stocks, company law, finance or commerce.had some useful 'extra' information that you will not find in any investment book and no business school will teach you

CommonMark Ready Reference provides a full tutorial, hack collection and quick reference for MarkDown and CommonMark.MarkDown is an easy human-readable text format that can serve as the common base for exporting to multiple document formats such as HTML, ODF, DOC/DOCX, PDF and ebook (EPUB, MOBI…). It is a great tool for creative writers, technical writers and authors to create books, manuals, web pages and other rich-text content. CommonMark is a new well-...