Mary is the purchasing agent for her university.She purchased state-of-the-art computers two years ago for the entire university.Mary is looking to purchase computers next year to replace the existing computers.She is astonished that she now can get twice the computing power on each computer for the same price she bought the old slower computers for just 19 months ago.This is an illustration of ________.
A)Clark's Law
B)the Law of Mass Digital Storage
C)network economics
D)Moore's Law

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This scenario is an illustration of Moore's Law, which states that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles approximately every two years, leading to an increase in computing power and a decrease in cost. Mary's astonishment at being able to get twice the computing power for the same price as before is in line with this law.

Mary Is the Purchasing Agent for Her University