The Computer Revolution

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This paper explains that the term "computer revolution" applies to the widespread use of computers in every area of human activity especially business, industry, science and education. The author points out that the computer revolution was caused mainly by the invention of semiconductor and integrated circuits technology in the 1970s, which made it possible to create affordable computer devices in small sizes. The paper contends that, although there are some negative effects such as computer fraud, the computer revolution has brought about positive outcomes such as the simplification of information processing. The author stresses that computers have changed significantly the way people collect and process information of every kind from scanning the bar codes of items in the grocery shop to computing the trajectory of the space shuttle.

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"Even though the computer revolution has caused many more positive effects than negative, computer fraud and crime, which is, obviously, the negative part of using the computers, is one of the issues in today's world. As defined in one article, "the term 'computer crime' refers to a criminal activity where a computer or network is the tool, target, or place of a crime." According to the same article, computer fraud and crime has already caused the world economy and business to suffer from multi-billion dollar losses. Computer crime includes unauthorized access to information."

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