Stormy development of electronic computation techniques (computer systems and software), observed during the last decades, has made possible automation of data processing in many important human activity areas, such as science, technology, economics and labor organization. In a broadly understood technology area, this developmentledtoseparationofspecializedformsofusingcomputersforthedesign and manufacturing processes, that is: - computer-aided design (CAD) - computer-aided manufacture (CAM) In order to show the role of computer in the rst of the two applications m- tioned above, let us...

Stormy development of electronic computation techniques (computer systems and software), observed during the last decades, has made possible automation of data processing in many important human activity areas, such as science, technology, economics and labor organization. In a broadly understood technology area, this developmentledtoseparationofspecializedformsofusingcomputersforthedesign and manufacturing processes, that is: - computer-aided design (CAD) - computer-aided manufacture (CAM) In order to show the role of computer in the rst of the two applications m- tioned above, let us...