punched-card retrieval
11information processing — Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer based operations. Information processing consists of locating and capturing information, using software to… …
12Zatocoding — Système de sélection inventé par en 1952 par Calvin Mooers, fondateur de la Zator Company en recherche documentaire fondé sur un sélecteur automatique de fiches préperforées, les Zatocards , et utilisé entre 1952 et 1978[1]. Alliage des codes et… …
13photography, technology of — Introduction equipment, techniques, and processes used in the production of photographs. The most widely used photographic process is the black and white negative–positive system (Figure 1 >). In the camera the lens projects an image of… …
14Operating system — Operating systems …
15Herbert Marvin Ohlman — (1927 2002) is the inventor of permutation indexing, or Permuterm and is one of the pioneers of Information Science and Technology. He has been recognized and included in the [http://www.libsci.sc.edu/bob/ISP/ISP.htm Pioneers of Information… …
16Foto-Mem — Inc. was a US company that attempted to introduce very large computer memory systems based on optical storage on microfiche cards. An alternate product line based on the same mechanical systems allowed a single microfiche card to be displayed on… …
17ReserVec — was a computerized reservation system developed by Ferranti Canada for Trans Canada Airlines (TCA, today s Air Canada) in the late 1950s. It appears to be the first such system ever developed, predating the more famous SABRE system in the US by… …
18computer science — computer scientist. the science that deals with the theory and methods of processing information in digital computers, the design of computer hardware and software, and the applications of computers. [1970 75] * * * Study of computers, their… …
19international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
20History of software engineering — Software engineering has evolved steadily from its founding days in the 1940s until today in the 2000s. Applications have evolved continuously.The ongoing goal to improve technologies and practices, seeks to improve the productivity of… …
