NMCS Information Processing System 360 Formatted File System (NIPS 360 FFS) - General Description.

Abstract

This document presents an overall general description for the National Military Command System Information Processing System 360 Formatted File System (commonly referred to as NIPS or NIPS 360 FFS) an advanced data management system which is operational on IBM System/360 and System/370 computers. It describes the capabilities of the components which comprise the system: File Structure (FS), File Maintenance, File Revision, Retrieval and Sort Processor, Output Processor, Quick Inquiry Processor, Source Data Automation, Online Source Edit, Terminal Processing and Utility Support. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA058865

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Data Sets
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Maintenance
  • Operating Systems
  • Standards
  • Terminals

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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