Testing consists of running the program with the input data that stimulates, or is a representative sample of, the actual data that will be processed by the program. ... Most clerical errors occur in the coding or data entry process. ... Operating instructions, including program and data structures, and test data used 6. ... After all, the program is no good if the user does not know how to make it operate or satisfy his data processing needs. ... Some of these languages have been designed to process problems of a scientific or engineering nature, and others have appeared that emphasize the p...

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Hyper-Threading technology is an innovative design from Intel that enables multi-threaded software applications to process threads in parallel within each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. ... TLP means that two or more software program execution threads are processed simultaneously, directly inside a single processor. ... While Hyper-Threaded Xeon processors have been shipping in servers and workstations since earlier this year, there is not much performance data available except for Intel demos that show 15-30% performance improvement, and some li...

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Again, nobody can deny that computers have enabled us to share information, process data, and perform numerous other tasks with speed and ease that, as recently as a generation ago, we would have thought impossible. ... Most haven't the patience or the desire to go through the complicated process of learning more utilitarian programs. ... While it enables banks and other organizations to process data with lightning speed, electronic processing creates greater opportunity for error. ... Every day there is a report of some mass mailing, system glitch, or loss of data brought on by a single...

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On this network formally called the Internet, any person with a home computer or even one at their place of business, can access data, information, records, logs, and databases of organizations". ... This file and process in which it performs is highly sophisticated, yet this file is the smallest in physical size that I have ever seen on a computer. ...

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