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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Reading Questions: Chapter 11(contd.)

2. The major components of the modern automated factory are robots, web cameras and computers.

5. De-skilling and Up-skilling. De-skilling is when a job is automated, where it requires less skill, and Up-skilling is when a job is automated where is requires more skill.

15. Several ways people use home computers are education, business, entertainment and communication.

16. A smart card is a card that looks like a standard credit card, but instead of a magnetic strip, it contains an embedded microprocessor and memory. Smart cards can contain critical ID information and can automatically record each transaction for later retrieval.

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