Guide to Computer Reliability + Nuclear War [videorecording] V0377
Finding aid prepared by Daniel Hartwig
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
February 2012
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Title: Computer reliability + nuclear war [videorecording]
Identifier/Call Number: V0377
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 videotape(s) (U-matic)
Date: 1983
creator:
Borning, Alan, ((Alan H.),), 1951-
creator:
Stanford Arms Control and Disarmament Forum.
creator:
Stanford University.
Lecture presented by the Stanford Arms Control and Disarmament Forum and presented at Stanford University, August 25, 1983.
Alan Borning, professor of Computer Science at the University of Washington, addresses two main questions: could false alerts
due to computer failure trigger nuclear war, and, if nucelar war should begin, could it be fought in a "limited" manner. A
question and answer period follows.
Computer reliability and nuclear war.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Computers--Reliability.
Military art and science--Automation.
Nuclear warfare.
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Computer Reliability + Nuclear War [videorecording] 1983