Describes a system for payroll reporting from geographically disparate locations in which data is entered, edited, and verified locally on minicomputers and then uploaded to a central computer for the standard payroll process. Communications and hardware, time-reporting software, data input techniques, system implementation, and its advantages are…

Description of a comprehensive student administrative data system developed by Los Angeles Unified School District and embedded in a large distributed processing computer network discusses hardware, software, implementation, and further enhancements. Subsystems described include student identification, attendance accounting, class registration,…