Word: computerize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"Computers are already in our homes and offices. They help us figure our income taxes and play games with us," says Senior Editor Leon Jaroff, who directed the project. "The computer age has arrived." Indeed, computers are now as much a part of TIME as typewriters. Jaroff, who holds degrees...
Not only is Time Inc.'s computer nimble, it is enterprising.
But for all their ingenuity, TIME'S electronic machines still lack the human touch-the skills of writing, editing and analyzing that are really responsible for this week's look at the Computer Society.
Yet this inert fleck?still unfamiliar to the vast majority of Americans?has astonishing powers that are already transforming society. For the so-called miracle chip has a calculating capability equal to that of a room-size computer of only 25 years ago. Unlike the hulking Calibans of vacuum tubes...
Those outside the electronic priesthood often have trouble grasping the principles of the new microtechnology or comprehending the accomplishments of the minuscule computers. The usual human sense of scale, the proportion between size and capability, the time ratio assumed between thought and action, are swept into a new and surreal...