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1,697 words... perform calculations, display documents in multiple on-screen windows, and also enable users to record macros that simplify difficult operations (web). One major manufacturer of typewriters and word processors is Brother. The Personal Computer (PC) or desktop is a machine capable of repetitively and quickly performing calculations and instructions. Its Design is to be used by a single person; a PC is smaller, less expensive and easier to use than other classes of computers, such as supercomp...
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4,131 wordsDigital Equipment Corporation (DEC) Overview Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) is one of the most successful computer manufacturers in the world. Throughout its nearly 40 -year history, it has struggled through the ups and downs that have plagued virtually every company in the computer industry. Unlike many others, however, DEC has managed to reemerge time and again as a top player in the industry. The Early Years The first 35 years of DECs history can be tied directly to the history of its fo...
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2,461 wordsHewlett Packard started in 1939 in a garage by two people, Bill Hewlett and David Packard with just $ 538 of working capital. After a string of failures, their company? s first successful product, an audio oscillator better than anything on the market, earned a U. S. patent and an order from Disney Studios for eight units to help produce the animated film Fantasia. From 1940 to 1950 they moved from their garage to a rented building on Page Mill Road in Palo Alto and then constructed their first ...
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2,548 wordsHistory of the Computer Industry in America America and the Computer Industry Only once in a lifetime will a new invention come about to touch every aspect of our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work, live, and play is a special one, indeed. A machine that has done all this and more now exists in nearly every business in the U. S. and one out of every two households (Hall, 156). This incredible invention is the computer. The electronic computer has been around for over a half-centur...
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1,149 wordsObjective: In this paper, we will evaluate the rating of an International Business Machine (IBM) debt and compare our rating to that of Moody s rating. We will look at the firm s qualitative aspects as well as its quantitative. Qualitative aspects include relevant ratios such as. Quantitative aspects include an audit of industry risk, the firm s operating environment, its market position (size and market share) and management. General Description of the Bond: On January 8 1998, International Bus...
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1,430 wordsLife of Steven Paul Jobs Steve Paul Jobs was born in 1955 in Los Altos, California. Steve was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View, California. The Jobs were not happy with the school system of Mountain View so they packed up their bags and headed off to Los Altos where he attended Homestead High School. Many people realized that Steve was sort of different when he spent all of his time attending lectures at the Hewlett-Packard electronics firm in Pal Alto, California. Steven got his ...
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