Adaptability and Feasibility Issues Concerning the Use of CD-ROM Technology for United States Navy Applications.

Abstract

The development of CD-ROM(Compact Disc Read Only Memories) technology has produced significant ramifications for mass storage applications. The CD-ROM's read-only nature and its ability to store over 500 megabytes of data on a single disc will eventually revolutionize the historical and archival data base industries. The U.S. Navy is particularly interested in the space-saving and weight reduction capabilities of CD-ROM as compared to the current magnetic and paper media. Adaptability and feasibility are the primary issues to be faced when considering the integration of CD-ROM into U.S. Navy applications. This study addresses these issues and determines that CD-ROM will play a significant role in the Navy's efforts to create a paperless ship by 1990. Keywords: Indexing; File Management; Application software.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA194342

Entities

People

  • Jimmy S. Johnson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • C Programming Language
  • Compact Disks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Databases
  • Mass Storage
  • Memory Devices
  • Operating Systems
  • Optical Storage
  • Personal Computers
  • United States
  • Weight Reduction

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space