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Colossus

Colossus

Colossus

Colossus

by Jones, D.F

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NY: Berkley(#X1455), 1967. Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean & square. Faint hinge and cover crease. Faint edgewear Charles Forbin dedicated his life to the construction of the supercomputer, Colossus, in order to create the United States' very first Artificially Intelligent defense system. Colossus is a supercomputer capable of in-taking and analyzing data rapidly, allowing it to make real time decisions about the nation's defense. But it soon exceeds expectations, learning to think independently of the Colossus Programming Office, processing data much faster than Forbin and his team had originally anticipated. The President hands off full control of the nation's missiles and other defense protocols to Colossus and announces to the world that he has ensured peace. However, the USSR quickly announces that it too has a supercomputer, Guardian, with capabilities similar to that of Colossus. Forbin is concerned when Colossus ask to communicate with Guardian. The computer he built shouldn't be able to ask at all . . .

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
56P017
Title
Colossus
Author
Jones, D.F
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - NEAR FINE
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Berkley(#X1455)
Place of Publication
NY
Date Published
1967
Weight
0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs
FICTION - SciFi & Fantasy;

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A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Hinge
The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.

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