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Looks at how computing might develop over the next few years by examining the increasingly sophisticated use of the screen interface. Looks at three research projects: icon displays for exploratory data...
Examines through the use of an adventure game the nature of key relational database concepts. Uses a sample database from the course hospital example. The user first enters the DOMAINS area and collects the...
Discusses ways in which a sequence of items can be stored in a computer. One is to use a data structure such as an array, and to sort the elements. This is acceptable for sequences which do not change very...
David Shorrock of IBM explains how a ‘strategic application search’ approach to information technology works. A series of workshops is designed to get the company to focus on the competitive force...
A series of 10 video lectures that teach what an expert system is, how it differs from other systems, what tools and techniques are used, and hardware and software costs. Also discusses the problems of...
Focuses on a particular type of operating system which enables several different computer programes to be executed concurrently by a single processor.
Looks at how the Digital Equipment Corporation plans the production of disk drives.
Investigates what computers are good at, and what they are bad at - e.g. thinking and telling jokes. Experts debate their uses in medicine, business and defence. The programme also looks at the new...
A guide to information technology and its use in the office. Specific applications such as electronic mail and the executive work station are assessed and explained. The marketing hype which often obscures...
Series looking at the use of spreadsheets in secondary schools. 1: Short excerpts to introduce the concept of spreadsheets and illustrate their use in a variety of subjects. 2: Shows how a group of sixth...
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