General Facts
  • Computers systems (hardware and software) comprise 5-10% of the GNP of the United States.
  • Most historians agree that computers have led to a third revolution for civilization.
    • agricultural
    • industrial
    • information
  • Progress in computer efficiency makes more applications available (automatic teller machines, laptop computers, embedded applications like in cars, etc.).
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