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Journal of Information&
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ISSN 1816-613X
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E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.biztek.edu.pk Current Trends in Electronic Display TechnologyRaza Jafri, Wajid Hassan, Muhammad Shahzad
Variants of Military Communications
Fauzan Saeed, Abdul Aziz, Noor Zaman, Mansoor.Z. Dawood,Abdul Raouf Khan
Multiple Values Search AlgorithmMuhammad Sharif, Aman Ullah Khan
Fast Four Heuristic Routing Algorithms in Optical Multistage Interconnection SwitchNetworks
Mohamed Othman, Farzaneh Abed
AGHAZ1: An Expert System Based approach for the Translation of Urdu into English.
Uzair Muhammad, Atif Khan, M. Nasir Khan, Kashif Ayyub,Muhammad Sharif
Performance Studies Of Multimedia-Based Networks`A K Ramani
Potentials of Location Based Services for Pakistani Cellular MarketShiraz Latif, Aftab A. Memon, Ghazanfarullah Khan, Muhammad Shahzad
Influence of Process Maturity Level on Software Development Effort of StandardSize Projects
Ghulam Qadir Memon
Enhanced Watershed Image Processing SegmentationAmir Shahzad, Muhammad Sharif, Mudassar Raza, Khalid Hussain
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Volume 2, Number 1
Spring 2008
Shiraz Latif, Aftab A. Memon, Ghazanfarullah Khan, Muhammad Shahzad– 19-24Potentials of Location Based Services for Pakistani Cellular Market
Performance Studies Of Multimedia-Based Networks`A K Ramani– 25-30
Amir Shahzad, Muhammad Sharif, Mudassar Raza, Khalid Hussain– 01-09Enhanced Watershed Image Processing Segmentation
Ghulam Qadir Memon– 10-18Influence of Process Maturity Level on Software Development Effort of Standard Size Projects
Uzair Muhammad, Atif Khan, M. Nasir Khan, Kashif Ayyub, Muhammad Sharif–31-39AGHAZ1: An Expert System Based approach for the Translation of Urdu into English.
Mohamed Othman, Farzaneh Abed– 40-48Fast Four Heuristic Routing Algorithms in Optical Multistage Interconnection Switch Networks
Muhammad Sharif, Aman Ullah Khan– 49-58Multiple Values Search Algorithm
Fauzan Saeed, Abdul Aziz, Noor Zaman, Mansoor.Z. Dawood, Abdul Raouf Khan– 59-67Variants of Military Communications
Raza Jafri, Wajid Hassan, Muhammad Shahzad – 68-75Current Trends in Electronic Display Technology
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This vast world has shrunk into a small village. The Global Village! All barriershave been broken down. Worldwide accessibility has become as simple as talkingto your neighbor. Doing business across the world is as simple as logging on yourcomputer. The Internet Technology is not just for games, chatting and occasionalresearch anymore, now it is an essential part of everyday life of every one. A businesscannot flourish without becoming a global enterprise and becoming active part ofthe Global Village. Information and Communication Technology is the vehicleproviding the access to the Global Village.
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