FIBER GRATING DEVICES IN HIGH PERFORMANCE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

part, on replacing electromechanical systems with modern, electronic PABXs where thecustomer's requirements have been almost exclusively for voice-only systems. The late entry ofPABX suppliers into the OA market has been seen by many as the chasing of a new expandingmarket with "second[r]

Before delving into the main content of this part of the book (on persistence), we first introduce the concept of an inputoutput (IO) device and show how the operating system might interact with such an entity. IO is quite critical to computer systems, of course; imagine a program without any input ([r]

Copyright © 2008 by Nelson, a16–5Principles of HPWS• The Principle of Shared Information A shift away from the mentality of command andcontrol toward one more focused on employeecommitment. Creating a culture of information sharing whereemployees are more willing (and able) to work towardthe goals[r]

people use these devices easily.The mainstream adoption of TTS has been severely limited by its quality. Inrecent years, the considerable advance in their quality have made TTS systems arebecoming more common. Probably the main use of TTS today is in call-centreautomation[r]

In the early days, building computer systems was easy. Why, you ask? Because users didn’t expect much. It is those darned users with their expectations of “ease of use”, “high performance”, “reliability”, etc., that really have led to all these headaches. Next time you meet one of those computer use[r]

PrefaceThe field of fiber Bragg gratings is almost exactly twenty years old, datingback to its discovery by Ken Hill and co-workers in Canada. It grew slowlyat first, but an important technological advance by Gerry Meltz and coworkers 10 years later, renewed worldwide interest in