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Accounting Software and the Microcomputer: A Practical Guide to Evaluation and Implementation.


Accounting Software and the Microcomputer microcomputer

Small digital computers whose CPU is contained on a single integrated semiconductor chip. As large-scale and then very large-scale integration (VLSI) have progressively increased the number of transistors that can be placed on one chip, the processing capacity
: A Practical Guide to Evaluation & Implementation, by Irwin Winsten, John Wiley John Wiley may refer to:
  • John Wiley & Sons, publishing company
  • John C. Wiley, American ambassador
  • John D. Wiley, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • John M. Wiley (1846–1912), U.S.
 & Sons, 605 Third Avenue, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, New York 10158-0012, 1990, 356 pp., $85.

The author examines some of the 5 major reasons it is difficult to obtain precise information about accounting software. The complexity of it, the rapidly changing needs of users and the lack of standardized standardized

pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures.


standardized morbidity rate
see morbidity rate.

standardized mortality rate
see mortality rate.
 terminology in advertising all have helped make the buying decision difficult. He discusses the many issues that should be resolved and the features considered before recommending the selection of a software system for client use.

Installation and file conversion issues are covered as well, although in a relatively nontechnical manner. An appendix provides comparative information about different software packages, organized by application inventory, accounts receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying , etc.) and reproductions of menus and other screens the user will encounter. This is a good book for practitioners with limited computer expertise and for accountants in industry who are not "power users. "
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Author:Fogg, Stephen L.
Publication:Journal of Accountancy
Article Type:Book Review
Date:Jun 1, 1991
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