The  personal   computer   is   an   invaluable,   ingenius,

          irreplaceable piece of  machinery.   The computer is considered a

          necessity  for  any small  business  and  is  expected  to  be  a

          contributing factor in a  successful  business."Word  processing,

          accounting, cost  projections,  inventory  control,  and  similar

          functions are handled so swiftly  and  effortlessly  by  personal

          computers that, within a few years, the small  business person is

                               1
          addicted to the big." .The "value of the personal  computer  will

          depend upon the  personal  interests  of  the  person  using  the

                    2
          computer," states  Peter  A.   Mcwilliams,author  ofThe  Personal
                                                              ___  ________

          Computer Book.  The personal computer is  what  the  human  being
          ________ ____

          makes  of  it because the human being is the one who has to  deal

          with the uses,disadvantages and advantages  of  a  computer.   In

          brief the personal computer is a machine  made  of"metal,  glass,

                            3
          paper and plastic.  "The main part of the  computer  is  known as

          the microprocessor.  The brain of the computer sorts and  resorts

          information  at  incredible speeds that no  human  being"s  brain

          could achieve.  This speed is  the  main reason why computers are

          replacing men and women inside the office.  The microprocessor is

          also known as  the  CPU  or  central  processing  unit.  The unit


          ----------

          1. McWilliams, Peter A. The  Personal  Computer  Book.(   U.S.A.:
                                  ___  ________  ________  ____
          Prelude Press.  1984), p.  16

          2. Ibid p.16

          3. Ibid p.21



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          contains  two  kinds of memory;the first type of memory  is  read

          only  memory  or ROM and the second is random  access  memory  or

          RAM.  Once the RAM unit has something in memory it puts  it  down

          onsonal computer will depend upon the personal interests  of  the

                                      4
          person using the  computer," states  Peter  A.  Mcwilliams,author

          ofThe Personal Computer Book.  The personal computer is what  the
            ___ ________ ________ ____

          human being makes of  it  because  the human being is the one who

          has to deal with  the  uses,disadvantages  and  advantages  of  a

          computer.  In brief the  personal  computer  is  a  machine  made

                                                5
          of"metal, glass, paper  and  plastic."   The  main  part  of  the

          computer is knownents from someone and not something.   Thus  the

          computer outputs on a video screen or  cathode  ray  tube,CRT,and

          the functioning process is completed.  These parts  make  up  the

          computer that is used so much in everyday business life.


               The first  computer  to  be used in the business society was

          used  by  the Herman Hollerith company  which  eventually  called

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          itself  "International  Business  Machines".   This  started  the

          computer  age  which  continued  in  the  1970's when  businesses

          started buying  computers  for  their  use  in productivity.Three

          computers were used mainly for business at  that time ; they were


          ----------

          4. Ibid p.27

          5. Ibid p.21

          6. Ibid p.23



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          the mianframe computers, minicomputers and microcomputers."If you

          were a big business you bought a mainframe, if you were  a  small

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          business you bought  a  minicomputer," and a minicomputer was not

          used at all in business.  The microcomputer is not used at all in

          business.    The  minicomputer,however,is  used  extensively   in

          business  and  it  has the  capability  of"accounting,  inventory

          control,  word  processing,  financial projections  and  so  mu