计算机应用的日益普及已经使美国逐渐变成一个“计算机社会”。现在,从电话、电子游戏机到个人电脑及电子玩具武器,计算机可以说无处不在,正渗透到千百万人日常生活的方方面面。同历史上出现的其它划时代新技术一样,计算机的普及肯定也将会带来许多人尚未加以认真考虑的社会影响。美国的一位计算机专家 L.芬克尔斯坦因认为,计算机科学家和工程师以及其他人都应当认识到计算机 The increasing popularity of computer applications has led to the gradual transformation of the United States into a “computer society.” Now, from telephones and video game consoles to personal computers and electronic toy weapons, computers can be ubiquitous and permeating every aspect of everyday life for millions of people. Like other epoch-making new technologies that have emerged in history, the popularization of computers will surely bring the social impact that many people have not yet taken seriously. L. Finkelstein, a computer scientist in the United States, believes that computer scientists and engineers, and others, should recognize that computers