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SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL CONVERGENCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Technology (Informatics)
CONT

Convergence is related to enabling technologies, but adds a slightly different flavor of the unpredictable: history shows that apparently unrelated scientific and technological paths may converge unexpectedly to create an entirely new field. Video technology and computer hardware, both driven by miniaturization of electronic components, crossed a price-performance threshold at the same time computer scientists were dreaming of building personal computers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technologie de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tecnología de la información (Informática)
CONT

La convergencia tecnológica es el proceso en el cual las tecnologías existentes se funden en nuevas formas que nos traen diferentes tipos de aplicaciones y dispositivos.

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