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Bookstein, Abraham; Storer, James A. – Information Processing and Management, 1992
Introduces this issue, which contains papers from the 1991 Data Compression Conference, and defines data compression. The two primary functions of data compression are described, i.e., storage and communications; types of data using compression technology are discussed; compression methods are explained; and current areas of research are…
Descriptors: Coding, Computer Storage Devices, Conferences, Information Processing
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Nisenoff, Norman; And Others. – Information Processing and Management, 1979
Considers the implications of possible policy initiatives in the United States in light of Swedish experience in dealing with the privacy of computerized records. (CWM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Federal Regulation
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Hart, Paul J.; Rice, Ronald E. – Information Processing and Management, 1991
Applies theories about organizational information processing to better understand the influences on method of access and on effects of using online information. Explores the extent to which organizational differences also influence these variables, what the positive and negative outcomes from using online commercial databases are, and how those…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
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Zeffane, Rachid M.; Gul, Ferdinand A. – Information Processing and Management, 1993
Explores the effects of task characteristics and structural characteristics on aspects of information processing based on a survey of employees in the Australian telecommunications industry. Relevant research is reviewed; the analysis of results is explained; and implications for organizations are suggested. (Contains 42 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Information Processing
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Koenig, Michael E. D. – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Presents a four-stage hypothesis of information systems development based on computational capability, storage capability, communications capability, and effective voice input. Moore's Law and Mooers' Law are explained, the interface between the system and the user is discussed, and projections for the future are suggested. (21 references)…
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Futures (of Society), Information Processing, Information Science