In this paper a new method for distributing and updating host name/address information in large computer networks is described. The technique uses datagrams to provide a simple transaction-based query/response service. A provisional service is being provided by the Arpanet Network Information Center (NIC) and is used by mobile packet radio terminals, as well as by several Arpanet DEC-10 hosts. ...

Recent advances in microprocessor, memory and signal processor technology have made it feasible to put complete speech processing equipment into a portable form. At our laboratory a higher-level programming language has been developed that is especially suitable for rule description of linguistic processes. Text-to-speech systems for several languages have been written in this framework. Now al...

The goal of the study was to check, with regard to ergonomics, workstations equipped with visual display terminals in selected enterprises. Over 180 workstations were tested in 3 enterprises. Most workstations were equipped with computers. The ergonomics of both the parameters of the basic components of the workstation (i.e., a chair and a desk, and the position of the computer at the workstati...

For the general public, the year 1984 marks the emergence of WIMP (Windows, Icon, Menu, Pointing device) interfaces. Developed at Xerox PARC in 1973 and popularized by the Macintosh, this type of graphical user interfaces is still largely used today, on most computers. However, in recent years, numerous scientific researches focus on post-WIMP interfaces. It is no longer limited to a single way...

The introduction of a Clinical Information System (CIS) in a regional state hospital in Greece brought up a number of critical factors that affect the successful application of such systems. The major obstacle was identified to be the medical professional's refusal to use the system. As a way t o overcome this obstacle the interest was focused on improving the system's Human Computer Interface ...

In this paper a new method for distributing and updating host name/address information in large computer networks is described. The technique uses datagrams to provide a simple transaction-based query/response service. A provisional service is being provided by the Arpanet Network Information Center (NIC) and is used by mobile packet radio terminals, as well as by several Arpanet DEC-10 hosts. ...

The Department of Clinical Microbiology at St Thomas' Hospital has been producing bacteriological reports on a computer for more than three years and is now producing some 2300 reports per week. The system is operated entirely by laboratory staff without special training, and involves the use of optical mark reader (OMR) forms as worksheets, automatic validation and release of most reports, the...

Because of the growing diversity of mobile computer terminals and communicating objects, we observe the emergence of applications using the notion of context. Firstly, we propose an analysis of definitions of context. Then, we present a model in which we simplify the expression of the problems caused by the interaction between the computer, the user and their environment. We also give the defin...

Public analysts in Sweden agreed in 1975 to investigate under what circumstances certain new types of communication services could be used in a regional and social perspective. Could new telecommunication services be successfully used for education, for local commercial services, regionally, and for social services? Would this possibly enhance regional functions, make distant regions more effic...

The purpose of this research and development project is to construct the foundations of a logistics IT centre with a universal and intermodal character, i.e., covering all modes of transportation and corresponding central functions related to warehouses and container terminals. Through its modular structure it is applicable to arbitrary concrete site dependent needs. It also contains intelligen...