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Personal computers

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COMPUTERS

It’s dark and it’s gloomy; there are people out to kill. Like in the days of ancient Rome, these gladiators are skilled warriors, but with hi-tech weapons. None of them have a conscience. Shadows of men running are seen everywhere. A man pops out from behind a tank of ooze with an enormous gun. Boom! Boom! Shots are fired from across the room. Bullets whiz by, bodies hit the floor until one man is standing. But it’s not over until he gets his required amount of kills. Playing the computer game, Unreal Tournament 2003, people will experience this feeling. However, computers are not just for playing games; they are used for storing and processing important information. Personal computers have evolved greatly since their invention and require many complex parts to run properly.
Before World War II, if one looked up the word computer in a dictionary, it would have meant a person whom is employed to compute equations (Campbell-Kelly and Aspray 9). ...

Posted by: Margaret Rowden

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