Data Processing
Published on 22. October 2013
256 pages
978-1-4831-0526-0 (ISBN)
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Data Processing discusses the principles, practices, and associated tools in data processing. The book is comprised of 17 chapters that are organized into three parts. The first part covers the characteristics, systems, and methods of data processing. Part 2 deals with the data processing practice; this part discusses the data input, output, and storage. The last part discusses topics related to systems and software in data processing, which include checks and controls, computer language and programs, and program elements and structures. The text will be useful to practitioners of computer-related fields who wish to have a better comprehension of the inner workings of data processing.
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Thomas Frederick Fry
Data Processing
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06/1984
Butterworth-Heinemann
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Part 1 Data Processing Principles Chapter 1 Introducing Data Chapter 2 Data: Some Characteristics Chapter 3 Data Processing Systems Chapter 4 Data Processing MethodsPart 2 Data Processing Practice Chapter 5 Introducing Computers Chapter 6 Representing Data in a Computer Chapter 7 Data Input Chapter 8 Output Chapter 9 Computer Storage Chapter 10 Processing by Computer Chapter 11 Processing ModesPart 3 Systems and Software Chapter 12 The Computer Data Processing System Chapter 13 Checks and Controls Chapter 14 Computer Languages and Programs Chapter 15 Program Elements and Structures: Developing a Program Chapter 16 Organization of a Data Processing Department Chapter 17 ExamplesIndex
