High-tech society : the story of the information technology revolution / Tom Forester.
By: Forester, Tom [author.].
Contributor(s): IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 1987Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [1989]Description: 1 PDF (viii, 311 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262272964.Subject(s): Computers and civilization | Computers | Information technologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 303.4/834 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Summary: High Tech Society is the most definitive account available of the technology revolution that is transforming society and dramatically changing the way we live and work and maybe even think. It provides a balanced and sane overview of the opportunities as well as the dangers we face from new advances in information technology. In plain English, Forester demystifies "computerese," defining and explaining a host of acronyms or computer terms now in use.Tom Forester is Lecturer and Director of the Foundation Programme in the School of Computing and Information Technology, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. He is the editor/author of five books on technology and society.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-296).
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High Tech Society is the most definitive account available of the technology revolution that is transforming society and dramatically changing the way we live and work and maybe even think. It provides a balanced and sane overview of the opportunities as well as the dangers we face from new advances in information technology. In plain English, Forester demystifies "computerese," defining and explaining a host of acronyms or computer terms now in use.Tom Forester is Lecturer and Director of the Foundation Programme in the School of Computing and Information Technology, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. He is the editor/author of five books on technology and society.
Also available in print.
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