1. Computing Guide Introduction
This document presents an overview of our computing facilities and
introduces you to our computing environment. It is a living document
and gets updated quite frequently. You can always access the latest
version of this document on the web at the
Computing Guide Page.
The section on
Security Issues is a must
read for anyone using our department facilities. Some
topics could be better grouped under a different heading; but it
will have to do for now.
This document gives you a broad picture and omits details when they
offer no real advantage. It is not a manual, i.e, this is not the
place to look for detailed information on a particular software
package. However, issues central to our department and to
statisticians are discussed in some length and references to
additional information are provided wherever possible.
This document is available in many formats including SGML (the
source),
Postscript,
PDF, LaTeX, and HTML. The other formats are generated
automatically from the SGML document. If you are curious about this
facility, see the
SGML-TOOLS lite Page.
It was our goal to keep computer jargon minimal. However, in some cases, it is impossible to
do so. Several people have helped in preparing this document; they are
listed in the
Acknowlegements section. Please help improve this guide by sending feedback via
e-mail at
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1.1 Most Recent Modifications
Since the on-line computing guide is constantly under revision, following is a log of the most recent modifications to the guide.
You can also search the computing guide efficiently by running your
favorite editor on the LaTeX source file, which is currently the file
/home/www/htdocs/local/comp-guide/comp-guide.tex.
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