3. The servers
3.1 Server functions
The function of server organizations is to provide external users with access to the contents of various databases. This function is applied to a range of services provided in full or in part by the server, depending on the producer-server contract:
database loading and storage: the ever-increasing volume of data and the integration of images require a rapid increase in computer processing capacity;
system maintenance and update integration: the integration of new updates into a very large existing volume of data, and the frequency and timing of updates, require a quality of service that users and producers wish to standardize;
homogenization of the...
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1. Costs and pricing of online databases
The costs of using online databases correspond to the various stages involved in accessing information: telephone network, teletransmission network(s), server and databases.
1.1 Telephone networks and remote transmission
Apart from the basic telephone network unit (0.73 F), teletransmission costs depend on the networks used, the duration...
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Gale Directory of Databases. Vol. 1: Online Databases. January 1997, Gale Research.
Répertoire des banques de données professionnelles. 15th edition, 1996, ADBS, Paris, 783 p.
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