This competency-based data processing curriculum guide consists of a total of 65 curriculum worksheets dealing with data entry, computer operations, and computer programing. Provided in each worksheet are the following materials: a duty title, a task description, a pretest, references and resources, student learning activities, teacher activities,…

This manual is designed to provide an introduction and basic guide to the use of IBM's Advanced Text Management System (ATMS), the text processing system to be used for the creation of Australian data bases within AUSINET. Instructions are provided for using the system to enter, store, retrieve, and modify data, which may then be displayed at the…

The report presents the underlying software architecture and rationale of the Generalized Management Information System (GMIS), along with a sample demonstration (an energy analysis problem) of its characteristics and a summary of topics of continuing research. The field-tested experimental system has the following features: It allows on-line…

The aim of this book is to interest young people from the ages of ten to fourteen in computers, particularly to show them that computers are exciting machines, controlled by people, and to dispel myths that computers can do magic. This is not a detailed exposition of computers, nor is it a textbook. It is an attempt to impart flavor and general…

The Fort Detrick Information Retrieval System is a system of computer programs written in COBOL for a CDC 3150 to store and retrieve information about the scientific and technical reports and documents of the Fort Detrick Technical Library. The documents and reports have been abstracted and indexed. This abstract, the subject matter descriptors,…

An installation at the University of California at San Diego is one of three systems used to illustrate the flexibility of computerized control systems. (Author/MLF)

This directory provides comprehensive information pertinent to data processing education. The annotated listings describe manufacturers, trade associations, publications, training aids, and schools. Each entry includes price and availability information, correspondence information, and a short description. Over 2500 computer terms are presented in…

These instructional materials are intended as a guide for the instructor of a block course in introductory vocational data processing. A textbook and supplementary materials of the instructor's choice would probably be used in conjunction with these materials. Topics covered in the 11 units are background and uses of data processing, input/output…

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…

An architectural computer system was developed using modern small scale computers, to ease the interaction and conflict within the design team during the design process. The original proposal included an information file, a mathematical building model, and a subsystems (electrical, cost estimating, etc.) model. Due to unanticipated problems, the…

This paper provides the description, documentation and users' and programmers' guide for the keyword out of context (KWOC) library indexing system, with coding references, program flow charts, program listings, procedure flow charts and instructions for maintenance and operation. (Author)

The terms in this glossary come from the fields of electronics, communications, systems analysis, mathematics, and computer science. When two or more terms have the same meaning, the preferred term is noted. Relationships between terms are shown by descriptive cross-referencing expressions (i.e., similar to, contrasted with, related to, clarified…

A description of the possibilities of directly interrogating a multi-lingual terminology data bank via video display units in the TEAM Program Systems. The purpose of the data bank is to give machine aid to translators and to relieve them of time-consuming routine work. (AMH)

A wall transmitter in each classroom makes attendance accounting easy at Sacramento's John F. Kennedy High. Transmitter is part of a computer system designed by NASA. (Author/JN)