The Silicon Jungle by David H. Rothman

1. The field may only contain certain numbers and/or letters—for

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example, if you’re typing in a state abbreviation and type “IT” when you mean “IN,” InfoStar will stop you and tell you that’s not acceptable. (It does this by checking what is called an authority file and comparing the authority’s contents with your input. Handy-dandy!)