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System for measuring the use of application software on a computer or a microcomputer
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In this article, the authors present a system for measuring the use of application software on a computer or a microcomputer, which consists of a measurement unit 10, constituted by at least one microprocessor 11 and a permanent memory 12, which is directly connected to the bus of a computer in order to permit, by direct memory access, reading and writing of codes into the central memory 5 of the computer.Abstract:
System for measuring the use of application software on a computer or a microcomputer. The system comprises a measurement unit 10, constituted by at least one microprocessor 11 and a permanent memory 12, which is directly connected to the bus of a computer in order to permit, by direct memory access, reading and writing of codes into the central memory 5 of the computer. The codes, which are constituted by one-to-one pairs of question code and of response code, are each associated with a function executable by the measurement unit 10 and the exchange of codes between the measurement unit 10 and the computer allows control of the use of software. At least one of the functions associated with the code is constituted by a coding function.read more
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