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Article: Need for speed: The single most underrated speed element today is the time it takes Web pages to load. That can be very frustrating when doing voting record and opposition research. (The Online Adviser).(Brief Article)
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- Campaigns & Elections
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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SPEED HAS PLAYED a key role with computers since the inception of the digital age in the 1940s. The very raison detre of electronic machines is their ability to carry out computational procedures faster than humans.
But speed is not always what it's cracked up to be. On the other hand, speed is sometimes given short shrift. Understanding the differences can help campaigns and political organizations make smart PC buying decisions and smart Web site design decisions.
The central processing units of today's run-of-the-mill personal computers are faster than those of multimillion dollar mainframe computers that were leading us into the future in the 1960s ...