America 1950-1959: Science and Technology Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 73 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1950-1959.

America 1950-1959: Science and Technology Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 73 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1950-1959.
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Efficient Calculations.

The computer is a tool whose power is almost beyond comprehension. It developed as an enhancement of adding machines, made possible by electronic innovations. Precursors of the modern computer were required by scientists for their increasingly intricate and detailed calculations. After World War II these machines developed almost naturally to serve the needs of people for a reliable method to perform moremundane calculations.

Digital Business.

The business potential for computers is obvious today, when they are the operations centers for even small businesses. Computers have made it possible to run businesses more efficiently by performing reliably certain tasks that formerly required people whose work had to be checked for accuracy. Still, there was great opposition to computers when they were first developed. The first commercial computers went on sale in the United States in the early 1950s. Social observers...

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