Brings attention to the changing look of specialisation in machinery and how computer technology affects it. In doing so, we see that skills must be relocated so that single production becomes multiple production. Here, 2CL is a computer language that operators must learn which control machinery movement. The language is everyday English that is contracted to six letters, eg “diamet” for diameter.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
321807
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Machinery
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Machinery
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computer science
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Information technology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Machinery
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technological innovations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)