Branch predictors and processor front-ends have been the focus of a number of computer architecture studies. Typically they are evaluated separately from other components using trace-driven simulation based on instruction traces. To offer a faithful representation of processor’s workload the traces are very large, and hence difficult to manage if kept in uncompressed form. In order to reduce si...

A stand-alone, menu-driven PC program, written in GAUSS386i, for estimating polynomial growth, velocity, and acceleration curves from longitudinal data is described, illustrated and made available to interested readers. Missing data are accommodated: we assume that the study is planned so that individuals will have common times of measurement, but allow some of the sequences to be incomplete. T...

This paper describes the method to recognize offline handwritten characters. A robust algorithm for handwriting segmentation is described here with the help of which individual characters can be segmented from a selected word from a paragraph of handwritten text image which is given as input.

Ambient art is the aesthetic presentation of information, using artistic techniques to achieve a pleasing image that also contains hidden depths, where exposure to it over time allows a viewer to understand something about the information sources that it represents. This paper reviews the artistic and computational background of ambient systems, and presents two case studies of systems develope...

Status of this Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. 1. Abstract This memo defines extensions ...

of n, if p > 2 ?40:2 then the number of analyzed plaintexts is two and the complexity of the data analysis phase is 2 32. However, using about four times as many chosen plaintexts, we can use the clique algorithm (described in 1]) and reduce the time complexity of the data analysis phase to less than a second on a personal computer. The known plaintext attacks need about 2 32 p ?0:5 known plain...

This paper describes FTAP, a flexible data collection system for tapping and music experiments. FTAP runs on standard PC hardware with the Linux operating system and can process input keystrokes and auditory output with reliable millisecond resolution. It uses standard MIDI devices for input and output and is particularly flexible in the area of auditory feedback manipulation. FTAP can run a wi...

STD 11, RFC 822, defines a message representation protocol specifying considerable detail about USASCII message headers, and leaves the message content, or message body, as flat US-ASCII text. This set of documents, collectively called the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, or MIME, redefines the format of messages to allow for 1. textual message bodies in character sets other than US-ASCII...