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(Автор и выходные данные не указаны)."In the nineteenth century, machines changed the world. Suddenly, people could travel more easily and communicate more quickly. Work changed, too, and many people got jobs in factories. It was the start of the Industrial Age.
The second half of the twentieth century saw the start of the Computer Age. At first, computers were very difficult to use, and only a few people understood them. But soon, computers began to appear in offices and then homes. Today, they are everywhere. Some people still say that they have never used a computer, but they probably use computers every day - they just do not realize it. This is because there are computers in so many ordinary things: cars, televisions, CD-players, washing machines.
When the first computers were built in the 1940s and 1950s, they were enormous. In fact, they were as big as a room. In 1949, the magazine Popular Mechanics made a prediction: 'One day, they said, 'computers will be really small; in fact, they will weigh less than 1.5 tonnes.' Now, computer chips can be as small as this letter O. Over the past fifty or sixty years, computers have changed much more than people thought possible…"Contents:
The computer age
In the beginning
The first computers
Alan Turing
The history of the PC
Bill Gates
Bill Gates and Microsoft
Man versus computer
The Internet
The Pros and Cons of Using the Internet
Getting the message
Computer games
'I love you' (and other viruses)
The futureВ разработке (учебных материалах) также имеются следующие темы:
Differences between generations
Computing languages
Types of errors.
Interview: Computing Support Assistant
