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Download full textMalan, Pierre – 1998
This paper presents an overview of information technology development. The first section sets the scene, comparing the first WAN (Wide Area Network) and Intel processor to current technology. The birth of the microcomputer is described in the second section, including historical background on semiconductors, microprocessors, and the microcomputer.…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), History
