计算机在逐渐地,有时则阔步地向采矿工业渗透。在吉布斯公司出版的《采矿程序手册》新版中包罗了近800项程序。而1985年出版的《手册》第一版中只有300项。采矿工业用的计算机软件覆盖了由会计到通风的全部有关采矿的项目,包括经济评价、地质、数据库、维修与库存、采矿计划、储量计算、测量及其它程序。所包括的软件专为采矿而设计,可用于由个人机到大型机 Computer gradually, sometimes stride to the mining industry penetration. Nearly 800 programs are included in the new version of the Mining Procedures Manual, published by Gibbs. In the first edition of the Handbook, published in 1985, there were only 300. Computer software for the mining industry covers all mining-related projects from accounting to ventilation, including economic evaluation, geology, databases, maintenance and inventory, mining plans, reserve calculations, surveys and other procedures. The software included is designed for mining and can be used from personal to mainframe