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Information Technology Serving Society

  • 1st Edition - January 1, 1979
  • Editors: Robert Lee Chartrand, James W. Morentz
  • Language: English
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 4 7 4 0 - 6

Information Technology Serving Society focuses on the potential roles of information technology in shaping society, including advances in the capabilities of computers, progress of… Read more

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