When Charles Babbage, a professor o

When Charles Babbage, a professor of mathematics at Cambridge University, invented the first calculating machine in 1812 he could hardly have imagined the situation we find ourselves in today. Nearly everything we do in the modern world is helped, or even controlled, by computers, the complicated descendants of his simple machine. Computers are being used more and more extensively in the world today, for the simple reason that they are far more efficient than human beings. They have much better memories and can store huge amounts of information and they can do calculations in a fraction of the time taken by a human mathematician. No man alive can do 500,000 sums in one second, but an advanced computer can. In fact, computers can do many of the things we do, but faster and better. They can pay wages, reserve seats on planes, control machines in factories, work out tomorrows weather, and even play chess, write poetry, or compose music. Lets look now at some of the ways in which computers Concern people in their daily lives and work.
Chief inspector Harston talks about ways in which computers can help the police fight crime. Members of the public often think of detective work as fast and exciting when most of it is slow and boring. For example, a detective on a stolen car case may have to check through long lists of information, and in the time it takes him to do this the thief may well escape. With the new National
Police Computer we are now able to find out details of car ownership and driving licences in a fraction of the time it takes by traditional methods. In police work speed is often essential, so computers are ideal for helping us catch criminals.
Many people associate computers with the world of science and maths, but they are also a great help to scholars in other subjects, in history, literature and so on. Its now possible for a scholar to find a book or article he needs very quickly, which, when a million or more new books are published each year,: is-quite an advantage. Theres a system,- controlled by computer, of giving books a code number, reducing them in size by putting them ,on microfiche, and then storing 3,000 or more in a container no bigger than a washing machine. You tell the computer which subject youre interested in and it produces any microfiche you need in seconds. Its rather like going to an expert who has read all the works on your subject and can remember where to find the correct information, which few human experts can! There are also systems being developed to translate articles from foreign magazines by computer, and to make up the many lists of information that are needed in a modem library. So computers can help us to deal with the knowledge explosion in many ways.

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Когда Чарльз Бэббидж, профессор математики в Кембриджском университете, изобрел первый вычислительная машина в 1812 году он едва ли мог себе представить ситуацию, в которой мы находимся сегодня. Почти все, что мы делаем в современном мире помогли, или даже под контролем, компьютерами, сложные потомки его простой машины. Компьютеры используются более широко в мире сегодня, по той простой причине, что они являются гораздо более эффективными, чем человеческие существа. Они гораздо лучше, воспоминания и может хранить огромное количество информации, и они могут делать расчеты в долю времени человека математик. Без жив человек не может делать 500 000 сумм в одну секунду, но расширенный компьютер может. На самом деле компьютеры могут делать многие вещи мы делаем, но быстрее и лучше. Они могут выплачивать заработную плату, зарезервировать места на самолетах, контролируют машины на фабриках, позаниматься tomorrows Погода и даже играть в шахматы, писать стихи или сочинять музыку. Давайте теперь посмотрим на некоторые из способов, в которых компьютеры интерес людей в их повседневной жизни и работы.Главный инспектор Харстона рассказывает о путях, в которых компьютеры могут помочь полиции бороться с преступностью. Представители общественности часто думают о детективной работы быстро и интересно, когда большинство из них является медленным и скучным. Например детектив на угнанном автомобиле случае придется проверить через длинные списки информации, и в то время, когда он принимает его сделать это вор вполне может бежать. С новой национальнойPolice Computer we are now able to find out details of car ownership and driving licences in a fraction of the time it takes by traditional methods. In police work speed is often essential, so computers are ideal for helping us catch criminals.Many people associate computers with the world of science and maths, but they are also a great help to scholars in other subjects, in history, literature and so on. Its now possible for a scholar to find a book or article he needs very quickly, which, when a million or more new books are published each year,: is-quite an advantage. Theres a system,- controlled by computer, of giving books a code number, reducing them in size by putting them ,on microfiche, and then storing 3,000 or more in a container no bigger than a washing machine. You tell the computer which subject youre interested in and it produces any microfiche you need in seconds. Its rather like going to an expert who has read all the works on your subject and can remember where to find the correct information, which few human experts can! There are also systems being developed to translate articles from foreign magazines by computer, and to make up the many lists of information that are needed in a modem library. So computers can help us to deal with the knowledge explosion in many ways.