Word: computerizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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10:09 p.m.--Harvard police patrolling Harvard Square find four drunk, apparently homeless people on the Holyoke Center grates. After a computer check, officers learn one of the men faces an arrest warrant in Barnstable, Mass. The 41-year-old is handcuffed and taken to a waiting cruiser.
Automated reservation systems are vast computer networks that the major carriers, notably American and United, use to dish out the most up-to-date flight information to travel agents. When linked to the systems, agents can check schedules, compare fares and book tickets. They can also make hotel and rental...
What makes a network so vital to the airlines is its ability to arrange a dizzying permutation of planes, routes and available seats in the most profitable configuration possible. Each day, 600,000 fares change in the airline industry, which high-speed computers can constantly update to help an airline...
A technical revolution in equipment has also delivered high-quality, moderately priced clubs and balls that give novices a chance to enjoy the game more quickly. The clubs used for driving and for long fairway shots are still known as "woods," but they strike truer now because they are made...
The soul of the new machine is a ferocious 380-h.p. V-8 engine that experts say is the most sophisticated ever built. The aluminum-alloy engine boasts 32 valves, four for each cylinder, and an innovative air-intake system that can sip oxygen from a single narrow throttle valve...