Data transfer, between software systems

Data transfer between software systems created by a single vendor is usually fairly straightforward. Where more than one vendor is involved, the absence of any agreed standard can make the development of software to accomplish such transfers a needlessly time-consuming process. For this reason we strongly support the development of an interchange standard and indeed have recently developed software utilities which permit the transfer of data either from an ORAC/OSAC data base to a Standard Molecular Data (SMD) file (SMD EXPORT) or from an SMD file to an ORAC/OSAC data base (SMD IMPORT). 

Figure 8.10 shows the basic components of a PC system. The main component is the motherboard which contains the CPU (central processing unit) and all the support chips and software to start-up the system. These include control of communications and data transfer between all the devices... 

Linkage between annotation facilities (for sponsor and reviewer) and related data Transfer of data between different software systems (e.g., from the SAS package to a spreadsheet)... 

Clinical data and software may be transferred electronically, by diskette or direct line, on a rontine basis from investigator sites, contract research organizations or central laboratories to the company (and vice versa), between different company locations, between computer systems within a location, and from the company to regulatory agencies. 

Another time requirement in 2D separations is the time needed for data processing and presentation. With several dozen transfers between dimensions, data reduction, and presentation can be very time-consuming [33]. There is a clear need for speciahzed 2D software, which does all the data acquisition, fraction transfer, valve switching, data reduction, data consoUdadon, and presentation of results. Currently, only one 2D chromatography data system is commercially available [34],... 

Nevertheless, the physical transfer of data between component software modules still relies on operating system support as well as the modules themselves having a common understanding of the data transfer format. The construction of efficient multiprocess software systems on IBM PCs remains a major problem. The various possible approaches to creating such a hybrid system are shown in Figure 6. 

Wireless technology comprises the hardware, software, and systems that support the transfer of signals, over long or short distances, without the use of electrical conductors or wires. Communications is the transfer of information between a sender and receiver and wireless communications use wireless technology. Telecommunications, the transfer of messages between a sender and receiver and data communications, the transfer of data between a sender and receiver, are the two most popular forms of wireless communications. 

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