History of personal computers
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History of personal computers
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The history of the personal computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use, as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a time-sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals. After the development of the microprocessor, individual personal computers were low enough in cost that they
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_computers
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2008-03-06T20:52:43Z
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2024-09-09T06:06:31Z
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