Word: computerize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The Soviet Union likes to boast that it is the land of the future. Yet in the one technology most essential for industrial and scientific progress, the country is far behind. Western experts believe Soviet computer development trails the U.S.'s by three to ten years, depending on the...
The state of Communist computer technology has been the focus of an important, largely behind-the-scenes debate in Washington over the wisdom of selling late-model machines to the U.S.S.R. Because advanced computers are essential to the development of modern weaponry, the U.S. and its NATO allies have long...
Central Brain. The U.S.S.R. had been seeking to buy the Cyber 76 from its manufacturer, California-based Control Data Corp., for three years. The announced use: a United Nations-sponsored, worldwide weather-forecasting system. Control Data had eagerly sought the necessary Commerce Department export license. To allay fears that the...
It was a sound decision. Contrary to the rosy projections of some Western computer makers, the Soviet Union in the immediate future will probably not be a lucrative market for Western equipment, even if the NATO nations drop their sales restrictions. Not only does Moscow lack the hard currency for...
Esoteric Devices. Partly, the U.S.S.R.'s computer development lags because of its decision not to foster the kind of consumer society that has nurtured the rapid growth of the industry in the West. Of the large number of computers installed in the U.S. (300,000, v. an estimated 22...