Word: computerizes
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Like a prima donna basking in applause, the personal computer has long held center stage in the electronics world. But now the limelight is shifting to a more glamorous cousin: the workstation. Small enough to fit on a desktop, the workstation may look like a personal computer, but it acts...
Workstations are easily the fastest-growing segment of the computer industry. Sales reached $4.1 billion last year, a 53% increase over 1987. "This is a new era in computing," enthuses Data General President Edson de Castro. "It is the opportunity of a corporate lifetime." Last week the hottest, newest workstations...
Until recently, workstations were arcane tools employed mainly by engineers and scientists. But price reductions and technological changes have made the computers more practical for many other uses, such as financial trading and desktop publishing. Says Mark Tolliver, workstation marketing manager at Hewlett-Packard: "When people see all the whizzy...
Each recipient will be awarded a yearly scholarship of up to $4000, Chisholm said. She said applicants will be judged on academic performance, leadership abilities, financial need and interest in mathematics and computer science.
The computer and analytical requirement QRR--dismissed by several generations of Harvard students--has also been attacked for its shallow treatment in comparison with the computer revolution in industry and research in the 1980s.