Word: computerization
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The patent, which grants a person or company the exclusive right to an invention for 17 years, is a vital industrial weapon. Patent logjams can slow research and development-a company is reluctant to go ahead until it knows that it is protected-and result in costly litigation. Only three...
Now the company must decide whether to sue other computer makers who use the same system.
A teletype console, similar to 47 others already installed in M.I.T. buildings, will allow the University to utilize the facilities of the first fully operational Computer Time Sharing System in the world.
CTSS, which was designed at M.I.T., employs two giant IBM-7094 computers. Unlike conventional computer systems. CTSS is capable of working on many problems at once. All 48 teletype consoles can communicate with the computer simultaneously, resulting in a great increase in efficiency over other computers.
The new system also permits each operator to "interact" with the computer while his data is being processed. Errors in the computer's instructions may be quickly spotted and corrected. In traditional computers, errors cannot be detected until the results have been transcribed from magnetic tape onto printed forms several...