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Microcomputers and their applications for developing countries (Record no. 38444)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Universal Decimal Classification number 08.15.02 M6264
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Microcomputers and their applications for developing countries
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Westview P.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. BoulderUS
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1986
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xvii, 216 p.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Bibliography: p.205-212
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Assesses need for microcomputers in development. Discusses concept of information processing, problems associated with technology transfer and applications of computers to information and communication management. Gives examples of sectoral applications in agriculture, health, energy and municipal management. For each sector there is an introduction, an applications review, and selected examples. Discusses microcomputers policy development in Sri Lanka. Considers possible future developments in four areas of micro-electronics technology viz. data communications, expert systems, intelligent interfaces, and videodiscs.
583 ## - ACTION NOTE
Time/date of action 3/7/00
Action agent M2LMGR
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Monograph
Call number suffix M6264

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