NESC0490 JOSHUA-

JOSHUA-SYSTEM, Data Base Management System for Batch and Interactive Operation

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM OR FUNCTION, METHOD OF SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM, RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, STATUS, REFERENCES, MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED, OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: JOSHUA OPERATING SYSTEM.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
JOSHUA-SYSTEM	NESC0490/01	Report	07-JAN-1982

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NESC0490/01	IBM 3033

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM OR FUNCTION

JOSHUA is a scientific, modular data-based system for batch and terminal operation. Large volumes of data can be stored and retrieved for computation and display.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

The JOSHUA OPERATING SYSTEM facilitates the ex- ecution of problems by the preservation of conveniently reusable da- ta and programs that are stored on-line. The data may be used in batch operation by computational programs and created and displayed on IBM 3270 terminals.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM:

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

Execution of the sample problem requires less than 2 minutes CPU time on an IBM 3033.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

Features include named data re- cords with three-structured catalogs, display formatting, and module execution facilities.

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NESC0490/01	07-JAN-1982	Report Only

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10. REFERENCES

- The JOSHUA System , DPSTM-500
  Vol. 1 General, November 1969.
  Vol. 2,2.1 User's Guide, October 1970, Revised September 1973,
  Revised January 1974.
  Vol. 3 Data Set Specs, December 1969, Revised May 1970, Revised
  September 1973.
  Vol. 4,4.1 Lattice Physics, June 1970.
  Vol. 5 Basic Data Processing, May 1971.
  Vol. 6,6.1 Static Reactor Physics, May 1972.
  Vol.7 Transient Reactor Physics, November 1971.
Vol. 9,9.1,9.2,9.3 Operating System, January 1971, Revised October    1973, Revised December 1973, Revised January 1974, Revised June
  1974.
- H.C. Honeck
  The JOSHUA System
  DP-1380, April 1975.
  JOSHUA, NESC No. 490.360B, Tape Description and Implementation
Information, National Energy Software Center Note 81-52, March 18,    1981.

NESC0490/01, included references:

- H.C. Honeck:
The JOSHUA system (DP-1380, April 1975)

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS: 200 bytes for batch operation, IBM 3270 display station.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NESC0490/01	FORTRAN+ASSEMBLER

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED: OS/370, OS/3033.

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS:

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR

Contributed by:
                   H.C. Honeck et al.
                   E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company, Inc.
                   Savannah River Laboratory
                   Aiken, South Carolina 29801

Contact            R.L. Boyce Jr.
                   Computer Operations Division

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

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17. CATEGORIES

M. Data Management

Keywords: data processing, operating systems.