The handbook was designed to serve as a job scheduling guide and general reference for the data control section of the Southern University Computer Center (SUCC). A description of the computer operations service procedure at Southern University is provided. For each computer job catalogued and inventoried by the SUCC, a summary page is included…

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)

An introduction to Fortran programming specifically for social science statistical and routine data processing is provided. The first two sections of the manual describe the components of computer hardware and software. Topics include input, output, and mass storage devices; central memory; central processing unit; internal storage of data; and…

This training manual is intended as an individual study aid for Navy personnel who wish to prepare for advancement to the rate of Data Processing Technician First Class or Chief Data Processing Technician. Theoretical knowledge and operational skills are presented along with assignments designed to lead students through the manual. The manual…

The decision support system (DSS) environment, the functional requirements of a DSS, and the architectural requirements of the computer systems and communications network necessary to support a DSS are discussed. Changes in the computing environment that are necessary to implement decision support systems are suggested. (Author/MLW)

Supporting performance objective 55 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on performing keypunch activities are included in this packet. (Keypunch equipment is required.) The student materials include three student activities and a…

The course outline guides the teacher in presenting to students the skills necessary to become proficient in the use of the collator. It is highly desirable for the student to have mastered introductory and advanced keypunch courses before beginning the collator operation course, which is one of a series of four preparing the student for…

The course outline has been prepared as a guide to help the student develop the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in the field of data processing. By learning the purpose and principles of compiler programs and operating systems, the student will become familiar with advanced data processing procedures that are representative of computer…

The following course outline has been prepared as a guide to help the student develop the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in the field of data processing. Problems are presented to the student to allow him to apply techniques already learned to increase his knowledge of ways to solve processing problems. A prerequisite to the course is…

A lack of comprehensive up-to-date textbooks designed specifically for use in the computers in the education field motivated the development of this resource handbook. There are major sections entitled: computers in education; teaching about computers; the computer as an aid to learning; the computer as a teacher; the computer as a classroom…

The course outline has been developed to assist instructors to plan for and teach a 9-week course in operating the sorter and in advanced keypunch techniques, preparing the student to perform as a keypunch operator trainee or sorter operator trainee. The first week of the course provides a short review of key punching principles. In the following…

The following course outline is a guide which presents students with the basic programing and operation concepts for developing the skills necessary to become proficient in the area of computer communications and operation. The student must have met the objectives of Introduction to Computer Programming prior to enrollment in this course. The…

The course outline has been prepared as a guide toward helping the student develop an understanding of operating principles and procedures necessary in processing data electronically. Programing techniques and concepts are presented to the student in conjunction with problems he can more readily identify and work with in applying various…

The second of four volumes in a series describing the basic documentation practices involved in the initial setting up and subsequent operation of an information-library organization to provide defense-aerospace scientific and technical information services, this manual consists of three sections. "Data Recording and Storage," by J.…

This is the second in a series of manuals prepared by the Museum Computer Network explaining the use of General Retrieval and Information Processor for Humanities Oriented Studies (GRIPHOS). The user with little or no background in electronic data processing is introduced to the use of the various computer programs of the GRIPHOS system and the…