. Bell telephone magazine . Laboratories people presented evi-snce that computers are at last feasible forse by people who are not specialized injmputer technology. The digital computeras demonstrated as a realistic tool for use1 a rapidly widening range of investigations,gain with significant reductions in the ex-ertise required of the user. Until now, computers have not been fullyxploited because only computer expertsere able to control them. Even expert com-uter programmers have had difficulty inying to apply the computer to activitieseople can carry out with ease. This dilemma; rapidly dim
. Bell telephone magazine . Laboratories people presented evi-snce that computers are at last feasible forse by people who are not specialized injmputer technology. The digital computeras demonstrated as a realistic tool for use1 a rapidly widening range of investigations,gain with significant reductions in the ex-ertise required of the user. Until now, computers have not been fullyxploited because only computer expertsere able to control them. Even expert com-uter programmers have had difficulty inying to apply the computer to activitieseople can carry out with ease. This dilemma; rapidly diminishing, largely because thecientist or engineer is now better able toommunicate with the computer. This im-roved communication is possible becauseew languages for giving instructions to theomputer have been developed which enablefficient programs to be written for a wideariety of special problems. The computer is now not only responsived conventional punched cards and tape, butD the turning of knobs, instructions of light. Manfred R. Schroeder of Bell Labs, at impromptu discussion during symposium. pens, and signals from experimental appara-tus. And computer results are displayed inways more easily assimilated by human oper-ators, through the use of graphs, audible re-sponses, charts and motion pictures. The evidence indicated that the termcomputer has become a misnomer. Thehardware it describes is no longer merelya gigantic arithmetic machine because newcomputer software (computer programs orlanguages) has been developed and becausea wide variety of electronic equipment canbe attached directly to the computer. Forexample, with more advanced software andhardware attachments, the computer cannow find hidden insights in complex data anddisplay them. It can draw charts and graphsfrom the data and manipulate symbolicalgebra. It can synthesize delicate subteltiesof speech and repeat them for languagestudies. It can use a carefully constructedform of the English language
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