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IBEX Publishers,U.S. An Introduction to Persian 1993 Edition by W. M. Thackston
Nonfiction. "This long awaited text once more demonstrates Professor Thackston's mastery over the Persian language and its intricacies, both in its modern and classical form. Thackston makes Persian grammar clear and understandable. His emphasis is on the spoken and written language in today's Iran, on the Persian which is taught in schools and spoken and understood by all the ethnic groups in Iran.. This new edition is a major contribution for those involved in teaching the Persian language. It also makes the learning of Persian more accessible and enjoyable" - Haleh Esfandiari, Princeton University. Table of contents : - Part I: Computing in the CloudThe Way of the CloudClient PerspectiveNetwork PerspectiveThe Structure of Cloud Data CentersRemote Procedure Calls and the Client/Server ModeCORBA: The Common Object Request Broker ArchitectureSystem Support for Fast Client/Server CommunicationPart II: Reliable Distributed ComputingHow and Why Computer Systems FailOvercoming Failures in a Distributed SystemDynamic MembershipGroup Communication SystemsPoint to Point and Multi-group ConsiderationsThe Virtual Synchrony Execution ModelConsistency in Distributed SystemsPart III: Applications of Reliability TechniquesRetrofitting Reliability into Complex SystemsSoftware Architectures for Group CommunicationPart IV: Related TechnologiesSecurity Options for Distributed SettingsClock Synchronization and Synchronous SystemsTransactional SystemsPeer-to-Peer Systems and Probabilistic ProtocolsAppendix A: Virtually Synchronous Methodology For Building Dynamic Reliable ServicesAppendix B: Isis2APIAppendix C: Problems