Word: computerizes
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In short, the new dictionary, all 350 million characters of it, now exists as a data base, an electronic version stored in a massive computer memory. At first glance, this may seem unremarkable; the difference between a lot of ; words on the page and on some terminal screen appears to...
They devised programs that can search through the OED2 and come up with information that would have taken weeks, years or lifetimes to assemble before. Word of this advance in data retrieval has been spreading among computer and dictionary buffs for months. Tompa has letters on his desk asking how...
Election officials had no results early today. They said they were having computer problems and suspended counting this morning. Guerrilla sabotage of electric power and telephone lines had hampered vote collection from provincial polling places.
Once someone's genes have been screened, the results could find their way into computer banks. Without legal restrictions, these personal revelations might eventually be shared among companies and government agencies. Just like a credit rating or an arrest record, a DNA analysis could become part of a person's...
The President's ready availability and scattershot energies have boosted his popularity, but he has been slow to identify priorities and has bungled the delivery of his message. -- Computer espionage causes chills at the Pentagon. -- An explosion in San Diego raises the grim possibility of foreign terrorism in the U.S...