In order to understand the impact of computer technology in the 1980s one
must first understand the force underlying its ever-widening proliferation:
electronic integrated circuit technology. Integrated circuit technology's
impact on society will rank in importance with the invention of the steam
engine and other such technological innovations or perhaps surpass
them. This technology is presently in its infancy. Most of us are aware of
some of the early progeny: calculators and electronic watches and games.
Some may be aware that it is now possible to buy a small home computer
for about $700. This is just the beginning of what will become a wide
variety of products which will affect every person. The reason? Low cost.
The semiconductor process continues to enable ever-greater complexity at
ever-decreasing cost. The future will bring lower-cost storage, processing
and communications.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (16th : 1979)
ISSN
0069-4789
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
Permalink
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