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Phillips, Brian – Online, 1989
Describes two methods to increase the speed of printing on microcomputers: (1) buffers, which are external storage devices used to temporarily store data bound for the printer; and (2) spoolers, which are software programs used to capture printer output and send it to the computer's memory or to a disk file. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Printers, Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices, Data Processing
Adams, Michael Q. – Online, 1986
Acquaints information professionals with Digital Equipment Corporation's compact optical disk read-only-memory (CDROM) search and retrieval software and growing library of CDROM database publications (COMPENDEX, Chemical Abstracts Services). Highlights include MicroBASIS, boolean operators, range operators, word and phrase searching, proximity…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices, Databases, Information Retrieval
