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ADS (Accurately Defined Systems) is a technique for communication and establishment of a working discipline in the definition of objectives, criteria and specifications for systems being designed for EDP processing. The ADS method is not oriented to a particular brand of hardware. It approaches systems definition by starting with specification of the report form or document which is to be output. With the report as a starting point, separate, inter-related forms are used to specify input records, history records, computation and logic operations. All system elements are tied together through continuing use of cross reference procedures. The result is a disciplined, universally-understandable set of documents suitable for use in programming systems on any computer hardware. Communication between programmers and users of computers is standardized and disciplined for universal validity and understanding.