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There is an historical development of procedures to re-use work once done, with intense growth of these with the mass production of computers and their components. Increasingly used in machinery to give Automation including in Consumer items. Trend in intelligent devices linking up with each other to produce Automation, Stock Control, Ordering and the Internet. This is producing an Information Media which also takes decisions and produces action - we call it the Computer-Media (C-M). These are producing lower stock holding and working capital in firms - at least one Recession caused by the take up of these. Links will continue to be formed on a trial and error basis. Issues considered of powerful computers at work stations v distributed computing - dependent on data transmission - Weak Signals to monitor. Issues of home computers and their lack of use in Home Automation - which is going a lot slower than expected.

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