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SAY HELLO TO MR.COMPUTER !

Computers are essentially calculators with a lot more buttons and a large display.They organize .They help you work with words and numbers.They can educate and entertain.

Computers are not evils.They harbor no sinister intelligence.In fact when you get to know them,they are rather dumb.

WHAT IS NOT A COMPUTER !

Theatre.Real Estate.Most Livestock.Durable goods.Books and music.Fine Art.The hair club for men.Sushi,Inflatable stuff.Anything with a knob.Cat litter.False teeth.Everything in the potpourri category on jeopardy! Dolphin safe tuna.Anyting with grease on it.Anyone who's been on Larry King's Show.LArry King himself.Larry King's dog.

WHAT THEN A PC ? :(

PC means personal computer.It's he name IBM gave to its first personal computer,the IBM PC. That one computer was the model T of all computers.Even though it was made in 1981,many of it's design elements are included in today's model--much to the frustration of PC owners and manufacturers everywhere!

Some history you don't have to read

Not long ago,people referred to personal computers as
microcomputers.This term came from microprocessor,
the computer's main chip.The big "i want to control the
world and foul up your phone bill" computers were
called main frames. Smaller,corporate-and college size
computers*(which only fouled up paychecks and grades)
were called minicomputers.

Accorging to the geeks who ran the mainframes and
minicomputers, microcomputers were hobbyists'
playthings--toys.However,the features available on the
personal computer-The microcomputer-that you can
have on your desk today exceed may of the features
of the early mainfrmaes.So there.