Word: computerize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Alesina, a researcher who aims to integrate the study of political science and macroeconomics particularly in monetary and fiscal policy, said he plans to use the fellowship for office expenses and to purchase computer equipment.
A warrant for Perkins arrest was issued after a computer system matched fingerprints found at the Science Center to a record of his fingerprints on file with state police.
A 1973 computer system, programmed to diversify the Houses by evenly distributing students according to field of concentration, rank group, high school background and master's preference, resulted in fewer than half of all freshmen receiving their first choice. Fifteen percent were denied all their top five choices.
The very next year, the College revised the computer program to maximize first choice, adapting a system that has survived to the present day.
Moreover, the newest workstations contain microprocessor chips endowed with an advanced technology called RISC (reduced instruction-set computer). Because the instructions embedded in the circuitry of the streamlined chips are simpler and relatively few in number, they take less time to execute. The computers that have RISC chips are faster...