Accession Number:

ADA002189

Title:

Computers and Society: The Technological Setting,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Ware,Willis H.

Report Date:

1973-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

This paper is intended to give only impressions of where computing technology is going and to give a flavor of what it can mean to society, to various professions and to the individual. It will concentrate on two aspects the so-called logic technology because it is an indicator of how fast a computer can operate and is therefore an approximate measure of the gross computing horsepower that can be built and file or storage technology because it determines how much data a computer can have direct and convenient access to.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER LOGIC
• *MEMORY DEVICES
• COMPUTATIONS
• COST ANALYSIS
• FORECASTING
• LOGIC CIRCUITS
• TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

Subject Categories:

• Computer Hardware
• Computer Systems Management and Standards

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE