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It's easy to compare this process to other examples of seismic change, such as the modern computer, which was room-sized in the mid-20th century; started shrinking and speeding up thanks to integrated circuit technology and microprocessors in the 1970s; and became ubiquitous in business and our homes as we started to use them to trawl the Internet and communicate with friends in the 1980s.
Michael Zacka: What Do Milk Cartons And IPhones Have In Common? Michael Zacka 2012
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It's easy to compare this process to other examples of seismic change, such as the modern computer, which was room-sized in the mid-20th century; started shrinking and speeding up thanks to integrated circuit technology and microprocessors in the 1970s; and became ubiquitous in business and our homes as we started to use them to trawl the Internet and communicate with friends in the 1980s.
Michael Zacka: What Do Milk Cartons And IPhones Have In Common? Michael Zacka 2012
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It's easy to compare this process to other examples of seismic change, such as the modern computer, which was room-sized in the mid-20th century; started shrinking and speeding up thanks to integrated circuit technology and microprocessors in the 1970s; and became ubiquitous in business and our homes as we started to use them to trawl the Internet and communicate with friends in the 1980s.
Michael Zacka: What Do Milk Cartons And IPhones Have In Common? Michael Zacka 2012
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It's easy to compare this process to other examples of seismic change, such as the modern computer, which was room-sized in the mid-20th century; started shrinking and speeding up thanks to integrated circuit technology and microprocessors in the 1970s; and became ubiquitous in business and our homes as we started to use them to trawl the Internet and communicate with friends in the 1980s.
Michael Zacka: What Do Milk Cartons And IPhones Have In Common? Michael Zacka 2012
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Walt Mossberg tests a new device that aims to transform Skype video chats into room-sized experiences .
Real Bonding With Family Around the TV Via Skype Walter S. Mossberg 2012
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A small “cellular” fusion reactor would help; maybe a room-sized device that can power a medium-sized town.
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The term supercomputer is used for room-sized hardware installations that work together on massive calculating jobs.
China Supercomputer Uses Homegrown Chips Don Clark 2011
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This was a room-sized sculpture of stacked boxes filled with the fragments of carved wood from waste such as broken chairs etc.
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No. Look how big the first computers were and in a few years we have one tiny chip that stores more data than a room-sized computer of years ago.
Obama announces $2.4 billion in grants for cleaner cars 2009
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On "Jeopardy," IBM launched a well-publicized stunt in which their room-sized supercomputer Watson, despite some fumbling, beat two of the game's past champions.
Sean Kelly: Questions for Jeopardy's Watson Sean Kelly 2011
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