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Computer Literacy - School Essays

Computer Literacy

For over fifty years, beginning with the famous ENIAC, a revolution has
been taking place in the United States and the world. The personal computer has
changed the way many people think and live. With its amazing versatility, it
has found its way into every area of life, and knowing how to operate it is a
requirement for today's world. Those who have not taken the time to learn about
computers often do not even know what to do once one has been turned on, and
this problem should be corrected. That is why all high schools must make a
computer literacy course a requirement for graduation.
Although a computer course would take away two or three periods of a
high school student's weekly ...

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a specified program,
and using a modem to check e-mail and access the Internet.
Personal computers now have a tremendous entertainment value due to
their versatility. Not only can a computer do all the things that are unique to
computers, it can be a television and a radio as well. Computers have also
attracted millions of people with games galore. Immersive, three-dimensional
games such as Doom 2, Quake, and Duke Nukem 3D can keep people glued to their
computers for hours. With current technology, two friends can connect from
anywhere in the world via modem and play a blazing fast two-player game against
one another. With the recent emergence of the Internet, friends that would
normally have to pay 25 cents a minute to talk on the phone long distance can
play and talk as long as they want for free.
The most important reason for required computer classes, however, is the
enormous amount of information available on the Internet. The Internet is a 24
hours a day, 7 days a week ...

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Added: 12/10/2007 10:21:21 PM
Category: Computers
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