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... There are several types of sources that yield information regarding the rate of technical progress and therefore the expected characteristics of future computing environments: informed industry observers, announcement and entry information for specific products, economic studies of past and current Andes try performance, and information and studies from manufacturers and other industry groups. Informed Industry Observers Informed industry observers provide probably the softest information available, but their judgment may well be based on much technical experience and on information that is not yet publicly known with any degree of certainty.
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  • future computing
  • primary memory
  • computing environments
  • technical progress
  • computing industry

  • computing environment
  • secondary memory


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