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HISTORICAL DATA
6. Word processing, office automation, electronic mail.
Government
Governments at all levels — city, county, state, and national-use
computers. Many of the pioneering computer installations and some
of the world's largest computer installations are in the U.S. Federal
Government. Some examples of their uses are:
1. Social Security Administration, Internal Revenue Service, and
state and local tax agencies’ processing, checking, recordkeeping,
and check-writing.
2. Controls and monitors space flights, from the early Vanguard
days to and beyond the Space Shuttle.
3. Weather forecasting.
4. Connecting network between the FBI and most other federal,
state, and local law enforcement agencies for wanteds, outstand­
ing warrants, fingerprint identification, and other criminal
justice purposes.
5. Military command and control networks, air defense, missile
control and guidance, weapons system development, project
planning and control systems, worldwide communications.
Education
Primary schools through post-graduate schools use computers in
teaching and research as well as in recordkeeping. These uses include:
1. Student recordkeeping and printing of grade reports.
2. Teaching of computer literacy, programming and other data
processing and related subjects.
3. Planning and control of research projects and processing of
results.
4. Computer-assisted learning.
5. Research in artificial intelligence, robotics, computer-aided
diagnosis, etc.
6. Maintaining records of alumni and fund donors.
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