The Weaknesses of the Computer

Trevor J. Bentley

Chapter 12 in Making Information Systems Work, 1981, pp 110-126 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The computer, in spite of its strengths and the denials of its missionaries, does have a number of weaknesses. These can be seen in three areas: first, the machine itself, second, the people who serve it and, third, its output.

Keywords: Batch Processing; Magnetic Tape; Optical Character Recogni Tion; Transaction Processing; Machine Failure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03955-5_12

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