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Cupoli, Patricia Dymkar – Special Libraries, 1981
Provides an introduction to various reference sources which are useful in dealing with the areas of data processing, office automation, and communications technologies. A bibliography with vendor listings is included. (FM)
Descriptors: Automation, Communications, Computers, Data Processing
LeVere, T. E. – onComputing, 1980
Presented is a detailed account of developing an EDITOR program, written in Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) BASIC, for the Heathkit H11 and for the TRS-80 Level II personal computers. It requires a disk system and a BASIC interpreter with some elementary string-handling routines. (KC)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Processing, Guidelines, Microcomputers
Wellisch, Hans H. – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1980
Advocates the use of machine readable codes to accomplish romanization and promote the exchange of bibliographic data. Proposals are presented for transliteration standards, design of machine readable conversion codes, and the establishment of databases. (RAA)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Data Processing, Databases, Information Processing
Kontos, George – Balance Sheet, 1981
Studies the similarities and differences between data processing and word processing. Recommends the merger of the two technologies into a system that can provide both functions effectively. (SK)
Descriptors: Data Processing, Electronic Equipment, Management Information Systems, Systems Development
Norton, Nancy Prothro – Online, 1981
Holds that database producers and online system vendors have failed to maintain sufficient quality control over their products, and that online searchers should voice their complaints about file documentation errors, indexing inconsistencies, and incorrect data entries. (FM)
Descriptors: Data, Data Processing, Databases, Indexing
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Barr, Lowell L. – Business Education Forum, 1980
Presents 15 suggestions for training business education students in the use of computers. Suggestions involve computer language, method of presentation, laboratory time, programing assignments, instructions and handouts, problem solving, deadlines, reviews, programming concepts, programming logic, documentation, and defensive programming. (CT)
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Science Education, Data Processing, Teaching Methods
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Bosler, Ulrich; Hecker, Oskar – AEDS Journal, 1977
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Data Processing, Higher Education
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Raita, Timo; Teuhola, Jukka – Information Processing and Management, 1989
Presents three text compression methods of increasing power and evaluates each based on the trade-off between compression gain and processing time. The advantages of using hash coding for speed and optimal arithmetic coding to successor information for compression gain are discussed. (26 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Comparative Analysis, Data Processing, Efficiency
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Hallam, Stephen F.; Hallam, James A. – Business Education Forum, 1975
Descriptors: Business Education, Concept Formation, Data Processing, Flow Charts
Popovich, Charles J. – 1990
This article briefly describes the topics "beta coefficient"--a measurement of the price volatility of a company's stock in relationship to the overall stock market--and "market share"--an average measurement for the overall stock market based on a specified group of stocks. It then selectively recommends a database (file) on…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Graphs, Microcomputers
Domangue, J. C.; Karbowski, S. A. – 1982
This paper reports the results of two studies of the readability of FORTRAN programs, i.e., the ease with which a programmer can read and analyze programs already written, particularly in the processes of maintenance and debugging. In the first study, low-level characteristics of 202 FORTRAN programs stored on the general-use UNIX systems at Bell…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Processing, Programers, Programing
Huang, Jack Kai-tung; And Others – 1981
This paper presents the major characteristics of the Chinese Character Code for Information Interchange (CCCII) and indicates its intended application for the interchange of Chinese information among computer systems and communication facilities, especially in library networks. It is considered sufficient for present day library applications,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Data Processing, Digital Computers, Foreign Countries
Unkel, Margot B.; Van Doren, C. S. – Parks and Recreation, 1974
This article presents the results of a survey to investigate the current issues of computer use in public parks and recreation agencies and to document the experiences of agencies pioneering the use of electronic data processing. (PD)
Descriptors: Computers, Costs, Data Processing, Problems
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Hartson, H. Rex – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1974
A model which relates the access control and indexing functions. The model is based on concept protection which allows a practically unbounded number of levels (subsets) of protection without requiring a fixed hierarchy among the levels. This protection is offered independently for each of the user operations allowed. (Author)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Computer Science, Confidentiality, Data Processing
Boche, Raymond E. – Journal of Educational Data Processing, 1974
Points out a viable and tested alternative to the use of lengthy account numbers. This alternative uses simple numbers and appends the lengthy numbers with their various sort keys and distribution codes to the tables of account names. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Accounting, Computers, Data Processing, Information Storage
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