... individuals interact, communicate, and live their everyday lives. It allows people to write and hold instant conversations over hundreds of miles of separation. The PC has allowed people to get data, order products, and download files from the comfort of one's own home with the ease of a single mouse click. However, computers have not always been this way. The PC traces ... only available to schools, businesses, and wealthy people who could afford them. It was in 1972 when Intel came out with the 8008 chip and it was able to process 8-bits of data, which was enough to convey numbers and...

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