LEADER 02505nam 2200601 450 001 9910260610903321 005 20221206185356.0 010 $a0-585-33011-5 035 $a(CKB)111004366638610 035 $a(CaBNVSL)mat06276812 035 $a(IDAMS)0b000064818c1d90 035 $a(IEEE)6276812 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000171113 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11155908 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000171113 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10236760 035 $a(PQKB)11482589 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00065909 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366638610 100 $a20151229d1989 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2isbdmedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aHigh-tech society $ethe story of the information technology revolution /$fTom Forester 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cMIT Press,$d1987. 210 2$a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] :$cIEEE Xplore,$d[1989] 215 $a1 PDF (viii, 311 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-262-27296-2 311 $a0-262-56044-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 290-296). 330 $aHigh Tech Society is the most definitive account available of the technology revolution that is transforming society and dramatically changing the way we live and work and maybe even think. It provides a balanced and sane overview of the opportunities as well as the dangers we face from new advances in information technology. In plain English, Forester demystifies "computerese," defining and explaining a host of acronyms or computer terms now in use.Tom Forester is Lecturer and Director of the Foundation Programme in the School of Computing and Information Technology, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. He is the editor/author of five books on technology and society. 606 $aComputers and civilization 606 $aComputers 606 $aInformation technology 606 $aComputer Science$2HILCC 606 $aEngineering & Applied Sciences$2HILCC 615 0$aComputers and civilization. 615 0$aComputers. 615 0$aInformation technology. 615 7$aComputer Science 615 7$aEngineering & Applied Sciences 676 $a303.4/834 700 $aForester$b Tom$078072 801 0$bCaBNVSL 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910260610903321 996 $aHigh-tech society$92982489 997 $aUNINA