Utility program

UTIL-1 is a disk containing utility programs including CALMPRO, RUNAVG, UTMCON and CHAVG. 

Utility programs-Simplify use by performing particular tasks for the programmer, such as editing, debugging, etc. 

The computer stores programs and data on two floppy disks, each with a capacity of about 500 kbytes. One of the floppy discs contains the operating system, the needed utility programs, and the programs for data collection and reduction. The other floppy disc contains all of the user s data and result files. 

Some of the tasks performed by the menu selections invoke utility programs that are supplied with the computer s operating system, while other tasks are FORTRAN programs written specifically for our application. 

The functions in the "Housekeeping Menu" invoke utility programs in the operating system to allow the user to maintain his data discs in an orderly fashion. 

MECHMOD A utility program written by Turanyi, T. (Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary) that manipulates reaction mechanisms to convert rate parameters from one unit to another, to calculate reverse rate parameters from the forward rate constant parameters and thermodynamic data, or to systematically eliminate select species from the mechanism. Thermodynamic data can be printed at the beginning of the mechanism, and the room-temperature heat of formation and entropy data may be modified in the NASA polynomials. MECHMOD requires the usage of either CHEMK1N-TT or CHEMKIN-III software. Details of the software may be obtained at either of two websites http //www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/Combustion/Combustion.html or http //garfield. chem.elte.hu/Combustion/Combustion. html. 

Finally, utility programs allow one to extract some spectra from an analysis, to erase others, and so on. 

There are utility programs that will do the conversion for you, even editors that let you clear and set squares with a joystick. Since you re using a computer, other functions can be supported to let you clear, invert, reflect, reverse, shift, and test out your sprite. The more work the computer does, the less you have to think in terms of binary numbers. 

The function keys can be extremely useful if you know how to program them. This short utility program for the 128 allows you to define each function key and save your newly defined keyboard to tape or disk. 

Common examples of a utility program are (Select all that apply.)... 

A, B, C. Utility programs, when activated, accomplish specific tasks. For Example, Norton Utilities troubleshoots problems with a computer s disk drives, makes data more secure by encrypting it, and helps to retrieve data from damaged disks. 

Utility program written by M. Kohout, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany. For contact and to obtain the program, please E-mail to kohout cpfs.mpg.de with the Subject DGrid... 

In addition MOLY contains a large number of utility programs which allow for efficient molecular storage, retrieval, orientation and display. The system is written entirely in FORTRAN and executes on an IBM 370/158 under the MVS operating system and the TSO time-sharing system. User interaction is via a Tektronix 4006 or 4010 graphics terminal. Hard copy capabilities are provided via Tektronix photocopiers as well as a Calcomp digital plotter. 

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