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James W. Cortada

Print publication date: 2004

Print ISBN-13: 9780195165883

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195165883.001.0001

Arrival of Digital Technologies and Their Applications

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(p. 3 ) 1 Arrival of Digital Technologies and Their Applications
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The Digital Hand, Vol 1
Author(s):

James W. Cortada

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195165883.003.0001

This chapter describes the long term evolution of computer technology and the emergence of fundamental uses of the technology — called applications. It summarizes how such uses affected businesses and industries over time, and discusses the role of applications on an industry-by-industry basis.

Keywords:   information technology, applications, industries, computer technologies

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