Copyright

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Guzdial, Mark.
   Introduction to computing and programming in Java : a multimedia approach / Mark
   Guzdial and Barbara Ericson.
        p. cm.
   Includes index.
   ISBN 0-13-149698-0
   1. Java (Computer program language). 2. Multimedia systems. I. Ericson, Barbara. II.
Title.
QA76.73J38G84 2005
005.13'3dc22                                              2005051335

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Dedication

Dedicated to our children Matthew, Katherine, and Jennifer.