Computer games
Introduction
Computer games in the information systems industry account for over seven billion dollars in sales in 2003 and are a pivotal component in driving both the software and hardware portions of the industry. (Entertainment Software Association, 2003). Computer games are quickly taking a....
Object-Oriented Database Management Systems
The construction of Object-Oriented Database Management Systems started in the middle 80's, at a prototype building level, and at the beginning of the 90's the first commercial systems appeared. The interest for the development of such systems stems from the need to cover the modeling deficiencies ....
Relational and the Object-Oriented database model
Relational and the Object-Oriented database model
In the world of Information Technology, there are clusters of information stored in databases to allow ease of retrieving, storing and modifying information. This paper will talk about two specific models; relational and object-oriented models. Fi....
Smalltalk - The Skinny on Smalltalk
Introduction
If you have previously programmed in a conventional language like C, Pascal, or COBOL, you'll be familiar with the process of creating a program. You'll be used to using a text editor to write your program, a compiler to compile it, a linker to link in any library routines you may hav....
Strategic Resource Management
Author, columnist, and computer programmer Ellen Ullman once said, We build our computer (systems) the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins. No truer words could ever be spoken when talking about the evolution of the Coast Guard Recruiting Commands (CGRC) enterpr....