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Computer Technology: Demands for even more sophisticated computer technology systems for use in business as well as in space and missile programs, however, soon surpassed the technology made available by the transistor. Not only was the computer technology becoming prohibitively large and costly but overall reliability was decreasing with the increase in the number of its elements. The millions of components making up the computer technology had to be handled individually and connected by soldering or welding. More specifically, heating and bending, possible corrosion of the joining material, and expansion differences at a joint when heated reduced reliability by increasing the chance for damage.
Potential applications of the computer technology made possible by microelectronics include a small computer technology in every home or a pocket computer technology terminal that can be connected to a powerful central computer technology via the telephone. Such devices may be used to solve our numerical problems (e.g., income tax, or our bank balance) or as a creative tool to relate our knowledge and experiences to our future actions.
And what of the computer technology? Olof Johannesson's 1966 novel, The Tale of the Big computer technology (which first appeared in an American edition in 1968), offers a history of the development of computer technologys as told by an advanced computer technology of the future. In an unemotional, utterly convincing essay, it describes the gradual obsolescence and disappearance of its creator, man.
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