Assignment
1. Discuss how government and military needs throughout the past century and even before that time have played a major role the development of computing. Describe at least 5 examples.
2. Discuss the evolution of computer software and its effect on the rise of the personal computer.
3. Increasing computing speed and decreasing computer size are two fundamental areas of computer research. List and discuss at least four major technological developments that have enabled an increase in computing speed and a decrease in the size of computers.
4. Discuss the effect of technology on the banking industry. Provide several examples of specific technologies, including organizational technologies. Discuss how these technologies influenced the manner in which banking transactions and other banking operations are handled today.
5. Discuss the reasons why the United States was more willing to embrace new technological advances than its European colleagues. This phenomenon occurred multiple times throughout the development of the computer industry.
6. Increasing computing speed and decreasing computer size are two fundamental areas of computer research. List and discuss at least four major technological developments that have enabled an increase in computing speed and a decrease in the size of computers.
Text Book: THE SLOAN TECHNOLOGY SERIES: COMPUTER- A History of the Information Machine THIRD EDITION.