TABLE OF CONTENTS Homework Helper 4 Room-Sized to Desk-Sized 8 Powering Up 12 The Digital Age 20 A New Way 26 Personal Computer Timeline 28 Glossary 30 to learn more 31 Index 32
HOMEWORK HELPER A student gets home from school He sits down at the computer Then he presses the machine’s power button and waits for the computer to boot up He has a report to write about the nation’s capital 4
When the computer turns on the boy opens a music program With a click a soft tune starts to play Next the boy pulls up a blank document and opens a web browser He is ready to begin researching 5
