The Personal Computer

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Infobase Publishing, 2004 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 116 pages
Discusses the effects of the invention of the personal computer on society and everyday life.
 

Contents

A PC on Every Desk
6
The Making of the Microcomputer
20
The PC Means Business
38
Computer Literacy
56
Technophobia and Technostress
68
Hackers Crackers Pirates and Viruses
82
The Incredible Shrinking PC
94
Chronology of Events
102
Notes
104
Bibliography
106
Further Reading
108
Index
109
Picture Credits
115
About the Author
116
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