ARTS 211Computing Techniques in Language and Literature
- Faculty
- Arts
- Last listed
- 1989–90
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1971–72 to 1989–90; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
An introduction to non-mathematical computer programming, with special emphasis on the manipulation of language data. The programming language used will be PL/1. ARTS 211 will concentrate on gaining skill in computer programming. ARTS 212 will stress file management, advanced text formatting and the use of system program utilities. Applications will include word indexes, text concordances, methods of computer-aided text comparison.
As printed in the 1983–84 to 1989–90 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: ARTS 211 presupposes ARTS 198 or equivalent; 212 presupposes 211 or permission of the instructor
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1971–72 to 1989–90, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1983–84 to 1989–90 7 calendars
An introduction to non-mathematical computer programming, with special emphasis on the manipulation of language data. The programming language used will be PL/1. ARTS 211 will concentrate on gaining skill in computer programming. ARTS 212 will stress file management, advanced text formatting and the use of system program utilities. Applications will include word indexes, text concordances, methods of computer-aided text comparison.
Prereq: ARTS 211 presupposes ARTS 198 or equivalent; 212 presupposes 211 or permission of the instructor
1971–72 to 1982–83 11 calendars
An introduction to non-mathematical computer programming, with special emphasis on the manipulation of language data. The programming language used will be PL/1. Applications will include word indexes, text concordances, methods of computer-aided text comparison. Arts 212 will stress data management, JCL, SORTing, and the use of programme utilities.
No previous knowledge of computing is assumed. 212 presupposes 211 or permission of the instructor.