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The first line notations were conceived before the advent of computers. Soon it was realized that the compactness of such a notation was well suited to be handled by computers, because file storage space was expensive at that time. The heyday of line notations were between I960 and 1970, A chemist, trained in this line notation. could enter the code of large molecules faster than with a structure-editing program,... 

Integrated Systems. Until recently, each of the numerous databases and sources of information available to chemists and technologists had to be searched iadividually, and selected results either ptinted for file storage or downloaded to an ia-house or private computer system for easy future access. 

The documentation system should include guidelines regarding the access of records by customers and suppliers, change control procedures, the types of records to be collected, and specifications for indexing, filing, storage, maintenance, retrieval, and disposition. 

From time to time you will certainly perform test snapshots2 that are only accumulated in the memory of the detector before you start the real business. If everything looks fine - do not store the test image from the detector memory. Instead repeat the snapshot using the command that directly stores the data in a file. Storage from memory will most probably not dump the correct environmental data to the data files - and if afterwards you want to use the data as, e.g., the machine background and you find out that the exposure and the primary beam intensity have not been stored, you may have a problem. 

Because they can precisely measure wavelengths, FTIR spectrometers permit spectra and file storage using an instrument form at and certain rules so that spectra can be treated by instruments from other manufacturers. Each data point in the spectrum can be stored as an ACSII file. However, the software normalises the raw data and lowers the spectral resolution to obtain fewer calculated values (one point every 8 or 4 cm-1 - giving less than 1 Koctet/spectrum). The inverse operation can be used to give a proper corrected image of the spectrum. 

Computer system documents are generated during the project. These documents may be either printed material or electronic records, such as computer files, storage media, or... 

The correct functioning of software loaded on a computer system should be checked in the user s laboratory under typical operating conditions and under high load conditions. During the equipment hardware test, as described in the previous section, many software functions are also executed, such as instrument control, data acquisition, peak integration, quantitation, file storage and retrieval, and printing. Therefore, after successful completion of hardware tests, it can also be assumed that the software operates as intended. There are two situations where software verification independent of the equipment hardware may be necessary ... 

Pre-1980 —Flat File Storage of Chemical Structures. Computers consisted of mainframe machines (e.g., IBM 3090) and small minicomputers (Digital, Prime). Users connected through low speed serial connections, using "dumb" terminals (no graphics capability) or monochrome vector graphics terminals such as Tektronix and Imlac. Chemical structures were mainly stored as either (l)individ-ual structure files, indexed by name, and handled one or a few structures at a time or (2) in a flat-file database accessed by record number (26). A typical corporate database contained up to a few tens of thousands of structures. 

Software functions For an automated HPLC analysis, required software functions include instrument control, data acquisition, peak integration, peak purity checks, compound identification through spectral libraries, quantitation, file storage and retrieval, and a printout of methods and data. 

The first step in the evaluation process is to define and document the current system use and user requirement specifications. If the system will be changed in the foreseeable future, any resulting changes in the intended use of the system should be described as well. The definition should include a list of system functions, operational parameters and performance limits. For chromatography software required functions may include instrument control, data acquisition, peak integration through quantitation, file storage and retrieval and print-out of methods and data. If the system also includes spectrophotometric detectors, the functions for spectral evaluation should be specified as well. Table 2 lists items that should be included in the system documentation. 

Control of quality records— Requires procedures for identification, collection, indexing, access, filing, storage, maintenance, and disposition of quality records. 

As another example, the storage area offers the basic models for file storage inside a document management system, relating file-based documents with their conceptual representation inside the Process Data Warehouse. This allows accessing the documents contents and their physical storage places, including the visualization or modification inside appropriate tools. 

Periodically clear out and reorganize your file storage areas. 

It has been found, in practice, that the most con venient compromise between use of many GTF basis functions and finite file storage is the so-called contraction technique. 

Perhaps a chemical analogy to this state of affairs can be drawn. The file storage systems would be the equivalent of a container filled with an inert gas. Being "inert", the individual atoms of this gas hardly interact with one another, and apart from a count of the total number of atoms, little further structure to the collection can easily be discerned. Molecules are certainly unlikely to form under these conditions, and nor will it be easy to crystallize this collection into something with a well defined structure and with internal relationships. 

Infrared absorbance detectors. For completeness we should note that IR detectors for HPLC do exist. As is the case for GC-IR (Section 12.8.2) a continuous rapid response HPLC-IR detector benefits from FTIR spectral acquisition and computerized data file storage. Such spectra as may be obtained have spectral peak widths more characteristic of a liquid matrix, instead of the more information rich, sharp gas phase GC-IR peaks. The major drawback to IR detection in HPLC is that most of the commonly useful HPLC mobile phases absorb strongly in many areas of the IR spectral region. Thus HPLC-IR can be used for only a very limited set of analytes. 

Server Software which can be invoked through a request for a service (from a so-called client) and which is dedicated to providing that service, for example a file server which provides file storage and access services. This term is often used for the computer system which provides the service, but, in fact, a server and client can be two distinct pieces of software residing on the same physical computer system. 

The storage vessel and turntable are top supported. The guard tank is bottom supported. The closure head and turntable loads are transmitted to file storage vessel flange, which in turn, transmits the loads through the storage-vessel support structure to the vault concrete. No seismic restraint is required between the turntable and storage vessel. 

The new programs make use of inverted file storage on magnetic discs. The initial cost of setting up such files is quite high, but searches can be made quickly and more cheaply. 

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