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050 _aQA 76 .R33 1983
100 _aRace, John.
_eauthor
245 0 _aComputer-based systems /
_cJohn Race
260 _aKentucky :
_bHodder and Stoughton,
_cc1983
300 _axvi, 212 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c21 cm.
504 _aIncludes index.
505 _a1. The purpose of this book -- 2. System, system analyst, programmers, operation staff, and the computer -- 3. Computer-based systems categorized by speed of response. slow response systems -- 4. Medium-response computer-based systems -- 5. Rapid-response computer-based systems -- 6. Trends: databases, CAD, Minis and micros, ultra-fast systems, systems in the home -- 7. Wider issues: ethics, metaphysics and what the reader should do about computers.
520 _aThis book is not the place to embark on philosophy or sociology, but as we look at the various systems we should perhaps ask ourselves what the implications are.
650 _aCOMPUTERS
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