Modern History/Dawn of the Computer Age
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As the need for rapid calculations increased, commercial organisations introduced the electronic calculator to the market. Then the computer appeared.
The price of computers decreased, and they started appearing in more businesses, and then also in schools, libraries, and wealthier governments.
The Internet connected computers together and provided more information to users, but there were also problems such as fraudulent websites, overabundant commercial emails, copyright violations, server outages, and lack of connectivity to poorer countries.
The dawn of the computer age brought about some disadvantages, such as incompatible file formats, fears about privacy, and error messages such as the Blue Screen of Death.
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