Large-scale on-line data processing systems

On-line data processing systems have been developed for industrial and business problems which may be classed as inventory control of products with regional, nation-wide, or even worldwide distribution and demand. The control and reservation of passenger or cargo space in the transportation industry, the handling of deposits and withdrawals in savings banks with many branches, the processing, distributing, and retrieval of information concerning stock transactions and quotations, and the control of inventory for large-scale manufacturing and distributing organizations as well as for government and military organizations are examples of application for which systems of this type are required.