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No Hands. If the word resists such straightforward treatment, the computer consults a dictionary of up to 300.000 words recorded on magnetic disks or tape. If the troublesome word is in the recorded dictionary, the computer is told how to hyphenate it in about eighty one-thousandths sec. If not...
Some computers have larger memories than others and do not admit as readily that they cannot hyphenate a word. Some rely on elaborate sets of word-dividing rules. This saves part of the cost of the word dictionary, but it can also trick the computer into making errors. All such...
The tape is fed to a computer, which sucks it up at inhuman speed, measuring the width of letters and counting the spaces in a swift stream of words. When it gets near the end of a line, it does what a human typesetter would do, adding spaces if necessary...
Blunted Senses. The power of speech, and the ability to write and walk, are measurable. Far more elusive, says Dr. Diller, are the variations in loss of memory. Usually, it is knowledge of recent and current events that seems to vanish. But it may be the memory of colors, or...
A Telecredit operator then punches the number on a keyboard, transmitting it to the computer. The computer can handle up to 24 check queries simultaneously, and flashes back its answers on a closed circuit television screen. A warning goes up whenever the driver's license has been reported lost...