Organizing an Information System Based on the 'Dnepr' Computer

摘要

The requirements of a computer to be used in an information system are the following: it must permit parallel exchange of information over many channels; it must permit the use of different information codes, the translators of which must be compact and must provide programs guaranteeing rapid operation and effective memory; it must limit the maximum time devoted to a problem in conformity with the requirements of an efficient system. This article describes one possible variant for organizing exchanges in an operational system developed as an information-control system. The basis for this system is the 'Dnieper' electronic digital computer, a fast-acting device which can handle 20,000 additions per second, has a capacity of 32,000 words of 32 bits each, can store up to 8,000,000 words on magnetic tape, and contains a letter-digit printing device, tens of teletypes, and a keyboard operating panel. A description of the information exchange in such a system is given. (Author)