However, only in the last 40 years has the computer changed American management to it's greatest extent. ... The first major use for a computer in the U.S. was during the 1890 census. ... The first wave of modern programmed electronic computers to take advantage of these improvements appeared in 1947. ... Together they had formed the Mauchley-Eckert Computer Corporation, America's first computer company in the 1940s. ... During this time the major computer manufacturers beg...

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However, only in the last 40 years has the computer changed American management to it's greatest extent. ... The first major use for a computer in the U.S. was during the 1890 census. ... The first wave of modern programmed electronic computers to take advantage of these improvements appeared in 1947. ... Together they had formed the Mauchley-Eckert Computer Corporation, America's first computer company in the 1940s. ... During this t...

• Word Count: 2510
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, only in the last 40 years has the computer changed American management to it's greatest extent. ... The first major use for a computer in the U.S. was during the 1890 census. ... The first wave of modern programmed electronic computers to take advantage of these improvements appeared in 1947. ... Together they had formed the Mauchley-Eckert Computer Corporation, America's first computer company in the 1940s. ... During this time the major computer manufacturers beg...

• Word Count: 2566
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Beginnings: Packet Switching and ARPANET After the end of World War II, tensions over territorial rights, the disintegration of wartime allies, war reparations, and the introduction of the atomic bomb were all threatening the peace that had juhen they became atomically armed, a struggle between America and the USSR to improve on these weapons of mass destruction began, which became known later as the Cold War. ... America had expected to be first in space, and quickly found its image as a technology superpower and perceived lead in the arms race tarnished. ... Also, there was the milita...

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