In Part 1 of Computers, we learned about how the computer was born. We saw the growth of the computer over the years and through out the world. It has gone through many changes which have improved the machine greatly. Over time the computer has gone from something that could be the size of an entire room to something as small as a book. It’s amazing how something that started out so big and powerful can now perform the same and many more tasks in a much smaller form.
In Part 2 of Computers we get to take a look at how the modern day computer took flight. We go through the journey of Microsoft being started with Bill Gates and the Altair 8800 to the beginning of Apple with Steve Wozniak. As you continue to read you start to recognize more familiar computer names such as Xerox, IBM and Macintosh. This section also begins to talk about more of the advances in software which improved the computer games. It then goes to talk about the beginnings of networking. It shows us how much the internet has changed over time and the impact of what we can now do with our computers. We got to see the beginnings of the wireless internet and the development of search engines. These are something that we are so used to using on a daily basis and sometimes forget what it was like before them. This book shows us how much of an improvement it was when these were developed and how advanced technology has become.
It seems as though everywhere you go today there is a computer of some sort. Technology has come a long way and this book really shows that. We see how a computer is first developed and how all of the applications that we are so used to were developed. Just sitting down at your computer and getting on to the internet to look up something is so simple. We forget about how much this technology makes our lives that much easier. This book really shows how this system works and makes you appreciate this growing technology even more.
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