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Cliff Shaw

To devise an information processing system capable of getting along on its own - it must handle its own problems of programming, bookkeeping, communication and coordination with its users. It must appear to its users as a single, integrated personality.

Cliff Shaw

Communication

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An information system that operates independently needs to manage tasks like programming, record-keeping, and interacting smoothly with its users on its own. To users, this system should seem like one unified and consistent entity rather than a collection of separate parts.

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