System Performance Tuning, 2nd Edition

Colophon

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The animal on the cover of System Performance Tuning, Second Edition is a swordfish, a marine fish with a long, sword-shaped snout. The swordfish is distinguished from the marlin by its flattened snout, high dorsal fin, toothless mouth, and lack of scales. The fastest swimmer of all fish, a swordfish can grow up to 14 feet in length and weigh a thousand pounds or more. This combination of speed and size gives it strength and momentum -- enough to drive its sword through the planking of a boat. The swordfish hunts by charging through schools of fish, striking to either side with its sword and then returning to collect its kill.

Colleen Gorman was the production editor and the copyeditor for System Performance Tuning, Second Edition. Mary Brady was the proofreader, and Linley Dolby provided quality control. Tom Dinse wrote the index.

Edie Freedman designed the cover of this book. The cover image is a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe’s ITC Garamond font.

Melanie Wang designed the interior layout, based on a series design by David Futato. Mihaela Maier converted the files using tools created by Mike Sierra. The text font is Linotype Birka; the ...