Introduction

Did you fill out a form to purchase this book?

If not, are you going to fill out a form to expense it to your company?

In the information age, the primary way that we provide information to computer systems is through forms. Computers can communicate with each other easily. However, when we need to provide information to a computer system, we have to fill out some type of form (Figure I.1).

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Figure I.1 Some forms that might have been used to purchase this book.

Forms are everywhere today. We’re presented with forms when a system or an organization wants some type of information from us. For example, the government uses forms to ask ...

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