Computer programs are expressed in precise notations called programming languages. Special programs called compilers are designed to translate programming languages into machine language. Machine language is the language that machines read to perform specific tasks. ... "According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, starting salary offers for graduates with a bachelor's degree in computer programming averaged $48,602 a year in 2001. ... Nationally a faster than average growth for computer programmers is expected. ...

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It is possible to argue that the invention of the calculator is largely responsible for the inability of many people to do simple math; it is likewise possible to prove that electronic spell-checking (which is, and may always be, imperfect) has created at least one generation of individuals who cannot spell and know nothing about the logic of language. ... We live in a more dangerous world, not only because cars, trucks, and airplanes can kill but also because the ease and speed with which we can get from one place to another has made national borders more porous. ...

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In 1964, the National Copyright Office began to register software as a form of literary expression. ... Therefore, it is not necessary that a copy of the software program be deposited with the National Copyright Office for the program to be protected as copyrighted. ...

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The right conferred by the patent grant is, in the language of the statute and of the grant itself, "the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling" the invention in the United States or "importing" the invention into the United States. ...

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During this time period software, hardware, computer languages, and product capabilities were constantly changing. ... The National Center for Policy Analysis (1998) stated that "Experts contend that the nation's 6,000 hospitals, 50,000 nursing homes and 700,000 doctors all need to locate and repair billions of lines of faulty computer code- (p. 1). ...

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