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Transforming Computer Technology Alex Kendall and the mutable ideal ofOver the course of several decades, the Pentagon's Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) helped transform computing from a cumbersome enterprise based on batch processing to the instantly interactive, graphically rich, highly intelligent computing of today. With the purpose of improving command and control systems for the military, IPTO researchers strengthened time sharing, laid the groundwork for graphics and parallel processing,