Encyclopedia of Microcomputers: Volume 13 - Optical Disks to Production SchedulingAllen Kent, James G. Williams "The Encyclopedia of Microcomputers serves as the ideal companion reference to the popular Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology. Now in its 10th year of publication, this timely reference work details the broad spectrum of microcomputer technology, including microcomputer history; explains and illustrates the use of microcomputers throughout academe, business, government, and society in general; and assesses the future impact of this rapidly changing technology." |
Contents
OPTIMIZATION METHODS | 25 |
DAVID MCGOVERAN Alternative Technologies Boulder Creek | 37 |
PARADIGMS IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL RESEARCH | 57 |
PARALLEL DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION | 73 |
PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING | 107 |
PARALLEL PROCESSING OF DISCRETE | 129 |
PARC | 149 |
PATRON USE SOFTWARE ACCESS | 153 |
PEACHTREE SOFTWARE | 209 |
PHYSICAL DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS | 237 |
PLANNING FOR BUSINESS RESUMPTION | 265 |
PLOTTERSsee COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICES | 280 |
PRINTERsee COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICES | 319 |
PROCESS CONTROL | 335 |
PRODUCTION SCHEDULING | 373 |
PATTERN ANALYSISsee COMPUTERIZING PATTERN | 182 |
Common terms and phrases
algorithms applications archetypal approach architecture Artificial Intelligence assembly Automation backup banks Cataloging cells channel bits circuit component computer files computer systems Computer-Aided Design cost database deadlock developed discrete event simulation distributed computing Distributed Simulation EFTPOS electronic event example execution expert systems Figure files functions funds transfer global graph hardware heuristic IEEE index is evaluated Information Retrieval input interaction knowledge base laser layer layout lazy cancellation linear lookahead machine magnetic mechanism memory methods microcomputer modules Multiconference on Distributed multiple nodes NRZI operations optimizer output paradigm Parallel Computing PCAAD Peachtree performance physical design PID controller problem Proceedings processors programming query queue Queueing theory recording rollback routing rules scheduling SCS Multiconference sequential server signal Smalltalk solution solving speedup storage strategy structure subproblems techniques timestamp tion types values variables VLSI Warp wiring workload