An architecture and syntax for distributed databases
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Alexander, H., Beetstra, T., Bell, D., Cannan, S., Dee, E., Doyle, P., …Weatherhead, A. (1984)
An architecture and syntax for distributed databases. Computers and Standards, 3(1), 33-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-8051%2884%2990025-1
Recently, there has been a lot of work undertaken in the area of distributed databases. The architecture and syntax presented in this paper is a response to the very real need...
Three solutions for a robot arm controller using Pascal-Plus, occam and edison
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Kerridge, J. M., & Simpson, D. (1984)
Three solutions for a robot arm controller using Pascal-Plus, occam and edison. Software: Practice and Experience, 14(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.4380140103
Three currently available concurrent language systems, Pascal‐Plus, occam and Edison, are used to implement a controller for a robot arm. The robot arm allows real parallelism...
A FORTRAN implementation of Concurrent Pascal
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Kerridge, J. M. (1982)
A FORTRAN implementation of Concurrent Pascal. Software: Practice and Experience, 12(1), 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.4380120105
This paper describes the transportation of sequential and concurrent Pascal from the SOLO distribution tape to a non‐PDP‐11 like mainframe (IBM 370/145). An interpreter for th...
PATCOSY--A Database System for the National Health Service
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Kerridge, J. M. (1976)
PATCOSY--A Database System for the National Health Service. Computer Journal, 19(2), 98-103. https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/19.2.98
PATCOSY (PATient COmputer SYstem) is a data base system which has been designed specifically for the National Health Service environment. The structure of PATCOSY therefore re...
A simulator for teaching computer architecture
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Kerridge, J. M., & Willis, N. (1980)
A simulator for teaching computer architecture. Sigcse Bulletin, 12(2), 65-71. https://doi.org/10.1145/989253.989264
This paper describes the specification, implementation and use of a computer system simulator. The simulator project was begun as a result of teaching a second year undergradu...
The activities of the BCS/CODASYL DDLC DBAWG
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Kerridge, J. (1982)
The activities of the BCS/CODASYL DDLC DBAWG. Computers and Standards, 1(2-3), 161-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-8051%2882%2990025-0
The DBAWG is a research group, based in the United Kingdom, which is working on facilities for data administration. In particular the DBAWG has developed language specificatio...
Using occam3 to build large parallel systems: Part 1, occam3 features
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Kerridge, J. (1993)
Using occam3 to build large parallel systems: Part 1, occam3 features. Transputer Communications, 1(1), 47-63
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