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Managing Microcomputers in Large Organizations http://www.nap.edu/catalog/167.html About this PDF file: This new digital representation of the original work has been recomposed from XML files created from the original paper book, not from the original typesetting files. Page breaks are true to the original; line lengths, word breaks, heading styles, and other typesetting-specific formatting, however, cannot be retained, and some typographic errors may have been accidentally inserted. Please use the print version of this publication as the authoritative version for attribution. INDEX 141 A Abstracting, 106 Accounting tasks, 63 Acquisition practices, 54, 57, 59, 74, 76-77, 93-95, 115, 117-120 Ada, 128 Administrative support, 133 Agency initiatives, 55-56 Air Force, 93-96 Air Force Computer Acquisition Center, 95 Alaska state government, 120 Alexander, John J., Jr., 101-114 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 50 Amdahl, 110 Analytic tool packages, 107 Apollo, 25-26 Apple Inc. Lisa, 25, 29, 32-33, 63, 76 McIntosh, 24 Applications generators, 47-49 Applications software, 21-23, 120 shared, 118 INDEX Architectural issues, 24, 63, 129 Artificial intelligence, 24-27, 61 Assembly languages vs. higher-level languages, 29 Audio links, 64 Audit logs and procedures, 90 Auditors, role of, 77-78, 80, 113 Authorization procedures, 117-119 Automated data processing (ADP) planning, 22 Automated information processing, 105, 111 Automated programming aids, 48 Automation, 9, 101-114 Automation professionals, 111 B Backbone systems, 121 Backlog in computer service departments, 46-48, 103-104 Backup and recovery procedures, 75, 90, 118 Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Managing Microcomputers in Large Organizations http://www.nap.edu/catalog/167.html About this PDF file: This new digital representation of the original work has been recomposed from XML files created from the original paper book, not from the original typesetting files. Page breaks are true to the original; line lengths, word breaks, heading styles, and other typesetting-specific formatting, however, cannot be retained, and some typographic errors may have been accidentally inserted. Please use the print version of this publication as the authoritative version for attribution. INDEX 142 Backward compatibility, 93 Bair, James H., 6-7, 44, 60-66 Bank of America, 86 BASIC, 128 Batch processing, 23, 36, 92 Bennett, John H., 5-6, 44, 45-51 Bit-maps, 26 Blank, Hannah I., 43-44 Boolean logic capabilities, 106 Bottom-up management, 136 Boxcentric computer development, 37 Branch information processing system terminals (BIPs), 131-132 Brickland, Dan, 31 Budgetary control procedures, 125 Bunker Ramo network, 131 Burroughs Corp. LINK, 48 Bush, Vannevar, 60 Business analysis, 105, 107-108 Business graphics, 26 Business information management departments, 78 Business information systems, 14 Business systems analysis, 78 Buying and procedural guides, 57 C C, 128 California state government, 119 Canter, Rhoda W., 99-100 Capacity planning, 22-23, 25 Career training for microcomputer users, see end-user education Carroll, Lewis, 50 Centralization vs. decentralization, 93, 104-105, 110-111, 119 Centralized electronic data processing (EDP), 110 Centralized maintenance, 117 Centralized management, 76, 118, 125, 127, 136, 139, see also decentralized management Charge-back systems, 90-92 Children's access to computers, 116 CIGNA's Systems Division, 135-146 COBOL, 128 Color graphics, 107 Communications issues, 5-6, 13, 64, 78, 87, 116, 121, see also networking Communications protocols, 129 for moving information between windows, 63 Computer centers, 23 Computer literacy, 11, 20-21, 44, 75-76, 126, 129, see also end-user education Computer life cycles, 134 Computer messaging, 64 Computer service organizations (CSOs), 47, 49-50 Computer stores, 118-119, 139 Computer-to-programmer ratio, 126 Connectivity, 7 Conrad, Thomas D., 70, 93-96 Context, MBA software package, 32, 49 Contractor-developed software, 121 Contractor support, post-sale, 95 Control, 62, 125, see also data security Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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