... 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 it's origins back to the mainframes and minicomputers in the 1950's and 1960's, but it wasn't until the 1970's that there were breakthrough developments in the development of the PC. It was ... was used to produce work schedules and payrolls, write letters and memos, and generate budgets. The term "paperless office" was introduced. This brought the development of Wordstar, Lotus 1-2-3, Microsoft Word, and Word Perfect. In ...

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... , and vital to IBM. The words of this statement were chosen very carefully. Ralph Gomory agonized over the question of whether or not using the word "famous" was too ostentatious. He decided it was the proper word, because that was what we wanted to be, not just mere contributors to routine scientific investigations. And the words "vital to IBM" meant to convey ... but can be tracked through their inter-relationships, a standard feature of modern data base systems. Some everyday items of today, like ink-jet printers, or voice mail, also had their origins in IBM Research. All this work be...

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... , or to those who were lucky enough to be attending an upstate college or university with an extensive computing research center and program. Availability in this sense is the wrong word to describe the situation. We must also take into account the sheer physical size of these computing centers. Computers consumed entire wings of university halls and research centers. Additionally, only ... it is up to us what we do with it. In reflection, the power of computers, not only electronic, but social as well, has grown far beyond its grassroots enthusiasts origins. The computer is all around u...

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