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This 3 page paper discusses some of the ways in which computers and technology have become intertwined with modern life; it also mentions some of the problems they can cause. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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remember times when there were no such things. This paper considers several aspects of this technological revolution: the Internet and the home computer, computers in business, and the sometimes troubling
aspects of technology. Discussion We begin with the home computer and its ties to the Internet. The Internet began as the ARPANET, a very small system that linked several military
installations together. From there, it seemed to just grow organically as people realized the benefits of having immediate access to others. It seems to have gone through several stages: first
the military recognized its usefulness, then the general public found it, then retailers began to open their stores online, then universities began to make distance education courses available, then social
networking sites (FaceBook, Twitter) developed and so on. This would be useless if it werent for the fact that home computer sales soared and gave people access to the new
medium. In the 1960s, no one had computers; they were just being developed and the mainframes took up entire rooms. By the 1980s computers were common in offices and by
the 1990s, they were also increasingly common at home. There is a perception, however, that everyone is "wired" and thats not true; only about half of all Americans, according to
one source, have Internet access (Roberts, 2005). But still, the number of people buying computers and accessing the Internet continues to grow each year. Computers were in use in business
before they became widely available for home use. Its almost impossible now to think of a business being run without them. Executives and their support staff use them to create
documents; human resources departments keep personnel records on them; accountants use them to do their spreadsheets; writers and photographers use specialized programs to handle their work; companies send emails throughout
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