Word: computerization
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At present, even the most versatile digital computers have memories that can cope with only a limited vocabulary. Switches and relays may be open or closed, holes may be present or absent from a punched card, bits of magnetism may or may not be spotted on a tape. But whatever...
Numbers for Words. Binary notation uses only two digits. 1 (yes) and 0 (no). Each digit tells whether a given power of 2 is part of the number with which the computer is dealing (see diagram). Numerical information, such as figures from a payroll, can be easily translated into binary...
In 1948 Wiener published his famous Cybernetics, which caused a still-continuing stir in scientific circles. The word cybernetics, which Wiener coined, is based on the Greek word for "steersman," and he made it stand for the science of control mechanisms that he showed to be part of neurology, psychology...
Above all, The Wapshot Scandal expresses the poignancy of Cheever's vision of life. When Coverley, who works as a computer programmer, analyzes the vocabulary of Keats's poetry, he finds that the most common words are, in order of frequency:
The Computation Laboratory would probably be willing to donate the half a minute of computer time needed to assign the entire class of 1967. It would be very interesting to compare publicly the number of students who get into their preferred House when the assignments are made by the present...