The New Literacy: An Introduction to Computers ("From Micros to Monsters")
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[0:04] >> Funding for this program was provided by
[0:06] the Annenberg CPB [music] project.
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[1:14] >> Woo!
[1:16] Well, I wouldn't suggest you try that in
[1:18] the old family car or even in your
[1:20] average truck. But then that's why
[1:22] machines like these are made to handle
[1:24] terrain that's too rugged for an
[1:26] everyday automobile. Thanks, Dick.
[1:29] Now, it wouldn't make much sense to buy
[1:31] a beast like this for the daily haul to
[1:33] the office any more than it would make
[1:35] sense to pile into a a Formula 1 racing
[1:37] machine for a Sunday drive with a
[1:39] family.
[1:40] But that's the beauty of today's
[1:41] choices. You pick the car for the
[1:44] purpose at hand.
[1:45] Of course, on a nuts and bolts level,
[1:47] all cars are basically the same. They've
[1:49] all got pistons and fan belts and wheels
[1:52] and headlights and tail lights.
[1:54] But that's pretty much where the
[1:55] similarity ends.
[1:56] And the very same thing applies in the
[1:58] world of computers.
[2:00] Whatever the user needs, there's a
[2:02] particular machine designed to meet that
[2:04] need.
[2:07] >> Like automobiles, computers seem to come
[2:09] in an unlimited range of shapes and
[2:12] sizes, from micro to mammoth.
[2:19] In the last 30 years, since the first
[2:21] giant computers appeared on the scene,
[2:24] these thinking machines have begun to
[2:26] escape the confines of corporate
[2:28] computer centers, and now it seems that
[2:31] they're found almost everywhere.
[2:34] From home to office,
[2:39] from the classroom to the video arcade,
[2:45] and from the supermarket to the assembly
[2:47] line.
[2:49] At the same time, computers are growing
[2:51] both larger and smaller.
[2:54] Greater powe