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Information Technology in the Social Life of Japan
OKADA Naoyuki
Professor Emeritus
Kyushu Institute of Technology
Introduction
History of IT
Early ’40s – ’80s: Growing era
Birth and growth of computer technology
Hardware: large computer
Software: operating system
Database: large-scale electronic file
Applications
- The privilege in constructing a system is given to computers.
- The first is efficiency of work
Human and computer collaborate
each other, composing an
information system.
Human: adaptive processing, broad & general judgment, friendly treatment
Computer: fast & correct processing, narrow & deep judgment, monotonous repetition
The role that Japan played
Growing era
- Design and manufacture of large-scale computers and word processors
- Development of large-scale electronic dictionaries of vocabulary and concepts
Grown-up era
- Development of network systems
- Design and manufacture of mobile devices connected to internet