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What Are Your Standards?
- Source :
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Communications of the ACM . Feb1970, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p65-66. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 1970
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Abstract
- Presents the author's views on the process and implications of standardization in the computer industry. Discussion of the process of standardization from the point of view of a professional individual; Discussion on the procedure, criteria, and settings of evaluating standards; Significance of the ability to use computers efficiently and economically from the perspective of national interest; Views of environmentalist J.A. Haddad on the need for insight into the so-called "ecology of standards"; Arguments against the desire of professionals for freedom to explore innovative solutions to their tasks without being forced to use standards; Role that the Association for Computing Machinery's Standards Committee has played for standardization in the concerned field.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00010782
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Communications of the ACM
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 17848188
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1145/362007.362009