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High-Performance Computing: High-Speed Computer Networks in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Report to Congressional Requesters.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Information Management and Technology Div. – 1991
This report was prepared in response to a request from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and from the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for information on efforts to develop high-speed computer networks in the United States, Europe (limited to France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
High Performance Computing and Networking for Science--Background Paper.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1989
The Office of Technology Assessment is conducting an assessment of the effects of new information technologies--including high performance computing, data networking, and mass data archiving--on research and development. This paper offers a view of the issues and their implications for current discussions about Federal supercomputer initiatives…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Information Networks
High-Performance Computing: Industry Uses of Supercomputers and High-Speed Networks. Report to Congressional Requesters.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Information Management and Technology Div. – 1991
This report was prepared in response to a request for information on supercomputers and high-speed networks from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. The following information was requested: (1) examples of how various industries are using supercomputers to…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Business Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation
The Evolving National Information Network: Background and Challenges. A Report of the Technology Assessment Advisory Committee to the Commission on Preservation and Access.
Van Houweling, Douglas E.; McGill, Michael J. – 1993
The rapidly developing and changing networking and telecommunications environment now being implemented in the United States and across the globe is explored. The creation of a flexible and inexpensive digital network allowing instantaneous access by any individual to information of any type is now within our grasp. A primer on the technology…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Strategic Computing Directions and Opportunities for University-Government-Industry Partnerships at the University of Saskatchewan: Preparing for the Twenty-First Century.
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Kavanagh, Robert N.; Pokraka, Edward S. – 1990
This report is intended to serve as a focus for developing a commitment for continuing investment in computer support for education, research, and administration at the University of Saskatchewan. Based on the assumption that effective utilization of computers, computer networks, and other telecommunications technology is essential to the…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Educational Administration