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  2. Electronic Data Systems - Wikipedia

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    Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Electronic Data Systems (EDS) was an American multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Plano, Texas, which was founded in 1962 by Ross Perot. The company was a subsidiary of General Motors from 1984 until it was spun off in 1996. EDS was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2008.

  3. Standards-based education reform in the United States

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    The standards-based National Education Goals (Goals 2000) were set by the U.S. Congress in the 1990s. Many of these goals were based on the principles of outcomes-based education, and not all of the goals were attained by the year 2000 as was intended. The movement resulted in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, which required that ...

  4. Electronic data capture - Wikipedia

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    Electronic data capture. An electronic data capture (EDC) system is a computerized system designed for the collection of clinical data in electronic format for use mainly in human clinical trials. [1] EDC replaces the traditional paper-based data collection methodology to streamline data collection and expedite the time to market for drugs and ...

  5. Digital Equipment Corporation - Wikipedia

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    over 140,000 (1987) Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC / dɛk / ⓘ), using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s. The company was co-founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in 1957. Olsen was president until he was forced to resign in 1992, after the company had gone into ...

  6. History of virtual learning environments in the 1990s - Wikipedia

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    The VIRTUS project at University of Cologne, Germany, has started the development of the web-based ILIAS learning management system in 1997. A first version with an integrated web-based authoring environment has been going online at 2 November 1998. In 2000 ILIAS became open source software under the GPL.

  7. EBSCO Information Services - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services, headquartered in Ipswich, Massachusetts, is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a private company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. EBSCO provides products and services to libraries of many types around the world. Its products include EBSCONET, a complete e-resource management system, and ...

  8. History of computing - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1980s and early 1990s, computers became more useful for personal and work purposes, such as word processing. [73] In 1989, Apple released the Macintosh Portable, it weighed 7.3 kg (16 lb) and was extremely expensive, costing US$7,300. At launch, it was one of the most powerful laptops available, but due to the price and weight, it ...

  9. Electronic health records in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 2009 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey of 5200 physicians (70% response rate) by the National Center for Health Statistics showed that 51.7% of office-based physicians did not use any EMR/EHR system. [10] In the United States, the CDC reported that the EMR adoption rate had steadily risen to 48.3 percent at the end of 2009. [11]