Friendly Computer

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

83

Date Released

1971

Length of issue (in feet)

490

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Covered Shipyards
2. 2Friendly Computer
3. 3Wordmaster

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: The trouble with computers is that they have a language all of their own. Most businessmen have enough on their minds without having to learn their language, but a new and very friendly computer accepts its instructions in good plain English (or any other tongue), and then displays its information in equally straightforward words.

Keywords

Science and technology; Computers and computing

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/83

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Address

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Notes

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