Computer Data ProcessingTextbook on computer and EDP - covers programming, planning, systems design, language, quality control, technical aspects of computer usage, the time factor, input output programming, information storage and retrieval, recruitment of EDP personnel, training programmes, certificate, etc., and includes a glossary of terms and a directory of occupational organizations. Annotated bibliography of periodical literature, bibliography pp. 604 to 608, and diagrams. |
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... routine to calculate the square root of a number is prepared once by a manufacturer and can be inserted in a user's program where he needs to calculate a square root . When the routine is spliced directly into the main program , it is ...
... routine to calculate the square root of a number is prepared once by a manufacturer and can be inserted in a user's program where he needs to calculate a square root . When the routine is spliced directly into the main program , it is ...
Page 581
... routine ( usually part of an operating system ) determines the cause of the interruption , takes the appropriate action , and then transfers control back to the point where ... ROUTINE A tested routine maintained in a program GLOSSARY 581.
... routine ( usually part of an operating system ) determines the cause of the interruption , takes the appropriate action , and then transfers control back to the point where ... ROUTINE A tested routine maintained in a program GLOSSARY 581.
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... routine . Note : Reentrant routines have two significant advantages in multiprogramming or time - sharing environments : ( 1 ) they conserve storage space because only one copy of a routine needs to be present re . gardless of the ...
... routine . Note : Reentrant routines have two significant advantages in multiprogramming or time - sharing environments : ( 1 ) they conserve storage space because only one copy of a routine needs to be present re . gardless of the ...
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