Word: computerization
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Ever since the first computer began its ominous whirring, human beings have been hopefully reassuring one another that they still have a big lead over machines in the ability to learn from experience and to make decisions in unfamiliar situations. Last week in Chicago. Purdue University's Professor John...
For the earthbound, International Business Machines Corp. last week introduced what it considers the most economical "true" computer on the market-the "1440." Designed for small and medium-sized businesses, the 1440 operates with a series of inexpensive and interchangeable 14-in. disks that permit it to store hundreds of...
Equally clear is a disadvantage: the clerical headache. At first, Rollins thought teachers could use a computer to regroup the whole school every ten weeks. In practice, no suitable computer could be found, and the job takes up to six weeks of human labor. Luckily, bright teacher-wives are available...
The University has finished installing IBM 7090 computer that it acquired spring. Over the weekend, a crew of technicians worked 30 consecutive hours dismantling the machine and moving it into the University Computing Center. Yesterday afternoon Anthony G. Oettinger, chairman of the Faculty committee directing the Center, reported the computer...
Before being moved, the computer was located at the Smithsonian Observatory on Garden St. Harvard took over control the machine last May 26, and University researchers used it over the summer at the Garden St. site.