The Significance of Computer Technology in American Society:
Until the beginning of the last century of the 20th century, professional businesses, high-levels of government, and research institutions accounted for the vast majority of computer use in the U.S. Within less than a decade, computer technology had become common in the American home and virtually every conceivable modern business relied on computer technology for basic business functions and communications (Evans 2004).
By the turn of the 21st century, the continued reduction in the size of computers and their simultaneous increase in processing power had fundamentally changed the way Americans communicate, as well as the way we receive news about the world. The Internet provided a means of instantaneous, real-time communication that completely changed the way that Americans socialize, as well...
In the future, computers are expected to continue developing at the same rate, contributing even more dramatic changes to American society than that for which they are already responsible, making the computer chip the single most important technological development of modern life in the U.S.
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