DocumentCode
2493987
Title
Complementary processing: a supercomputer/personal computer US census database project
Author
Burton, Orville Vernon
Author_Institution
Dept. of History, Illinois Univ., Washington, DC, USA
fYear
1988
fDate
14-18 Nov 1988
Firstpage
167
Abstract
The author discusses the history and role of the US Census. He identifies some of the problems of handling and manipulating such large amounts of data. He describes the Supercomputer History Project, in which the speed of a supercomputer is combined with the versatility of a microcomputing environment to deal with census data
Keywords
database management systems; government data processing; US census database project; complementary processing; microcomputing environment; personal computer; supercomputer; Agriculture; Databases; Games; History; Job shop scheduling; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Microcomputers; Statistics; Supercomputers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Supercomputing 88. Vol.II: Science and Applications., Proceedings
Conference_Location
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN
0-8186-8923-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SUPERC.1988.74143
Filename
74143
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