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2050 Coursework 3 Batch processing Vs. Multiprogramming Brief A medium sized company needs to upgrade the computer facilities for administration and design & development applications. At the moment all the computer based applications are processed on a very old 'batch' machine whose operating system does not support 'multiprogramming'. As the senior IT person in the company write a report that will convince the board of Directors that the acquisition of a computer system that support multi programming and virtual memory will bring substancial benefits to the company in the modern business arena. In my report I am assuming that the company has not upgraded the batch processing system since batch systems were 1st introduced 40 years ago and still uses card readers, tape reels and 3 separate machines to complete a processing task, these machines being 2 1401 machines for inputting the data and printing outputs and a more powerful 7094 that does the actual...

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