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Define information generally to include both CNN headline news and the insights on QCD gotten from lattice gauge theories
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Information Production e.g. Simulation
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Major concentration of MPP and HPCC at present
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Information Analysis e.g. Extraction of location of oil from seismic data, Extraction of customer preferences from purchase data
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Growing area of importance and Short term major MPP opportunity in decision support combined with parallel databases
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Information Access and Dissemination - InfoVision e.g. Transaction Processing, Video-On-Demand
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Enabled by National Information Infrastructure
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Very promising medium term market for MPP but need the NII
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to be reasonably pervasive before area "takes off"
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Information Integration .
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Integrates Information Production Analysis and Access e.g.
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Decision support in business
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Command and Control for Military
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Concurrent Engineering and Agile Manufacturing
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Largest Long Term Market for MPP
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