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Introduction to IBM Data Processing Systems -- Student Text

IBM, NY 1960 fifth edition 1977, reprinted 1978, 119 pages, diagrams; photographs of equipment; Index,
Condition: Good overall, large softcover; scuffs & rubbing to covers, spine rubbed & worn; rubberstamped along textblock fore-edges, some page corner creases, etc. Binding sound, pages with a few margin checkmarks but overall unmarked, clean.
Price: $20.00
Item no. C3279
Item Description
Photos of 5100 portable, Sys/32, etc.Data Processing in the Past, at Present, in the Future; System/3, 32, IBM 5100; Stored Programs, more;

Data Representation -- data recording media, cards, paper tape, hole pattern, magnetic tape, optically read chars, visual output, MORE;

Storage Devices -- Main Storage, Magnetic Disk Storage, Mass Storage, Storage & Data Processing Methods;

Central Processing Unit (CPU) -- Functional Units, Register, Counter, Adder, Machine Cycles, Instruction Cycle, Execution Cycle, more;

Input/Output Devices -- Control Units, Channels, Validity Checks, Indicators, Keys & Switches, Punched Card Devices, Card Readers, Card Punches,Diskette Input/Output Devices, Magnetic Tape Units, Loading Tape Units, more;

Teleprocessing -- Elements of a Teleprocessing Network, Host Processor, Communications Control Devices, Modulation/ Demodulation Devices, Communications Lines, Configuration, Transmission Direction, Type, more; Stored Program Concepts -- Instructions, Two-Address Instructions, Instructions & Data, Developing a Program, System Flowchart, Program Flowchart, more; Programming Languages & Techniques -- Program Preparation, Types of Programming Languages, Symbolic Language, Language Translation, Machine Oriented Programming Language, Macro Instructions, more; Programming Systems - DOS/VS, Component Programs, Time sharing, VM virtual machine, 370, ISAM, VSAM etc more; Data Security & & Integrity - Backup Facilities, Data Controls, Input Controls, Processing Controls, Record Count, Limit Check or Reasonableness Check, Tape & Disk Labels, House Keeping Check, terminal security, network security, MORE