The user's view of computer hardware and software

✍ Scribed by W.D. Walton

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 332 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0379-7112
• DOI: 10.1016/0379-7112(85)90025-6

✦ Synopsis

The use of computers is becoming increasingly important in the solution of fire protection engineering problems. To take full advantage of the power of the computer, it is necessary to have a general understanding of computer capabilities and limitations. This paper provides a brief introduction to computer terminology, capabilities, and programming languages. It also presents a discussion of program transfer, a topic of increasing interest as programs are shared within the fire protection community.