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Enter the information age.Information is the raw material for many of the business activities 【C1】______this new era，just as iron and steel were the basic commodities in the【C2】______of the industrial age.
The world’s knowledge is said to be doubling every eight years.This knowledge【C3】______is stimulating economic progress.The need to collect，analyze，and communicate great【C4】______of information is producing new products and services，creating jobs，and【C5】______career opportunities.The information age is【C6】______considered to be a phenomenon of the service sector of the economy，【C7】______than a product of heavy industry.Certainly，rocketing information technologies are creating new capabilities【C8】______knowledge-based service spheres.【C9】______changes just as dramatic are【C10】______industry，giving people the【C11】______to do challenging work in exciting new ways.
Manufacturing is full【C12】______in the information age.From design to production，the manufacturing【C13】______has long been information-intensive.It always has required exacting communication to describe what goes into products and how to make them.Now，computer technology is giving factory managers new【C14】______to gather all of this information and use it to control production.
Telecommunications are producing error free communication between the design office and the factory，computer-aided design is enabling engineers to【C15】______product performance and manufacturing process on video displays，before resources are committed to build and test prototypes.Techniques like these are bringing【C16】______new advances in manufacturing productivity.
Just as coal fueled the【C17】______to an industrial society，so microelectronics is powering the【C18】______of the information age.Microelectronic information-management tools are【C19】______U.S.industrial capability，which remains【C20】______to America’s economic well-being and national security.

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