When the first, primitive computer was charged up, the men and women involved in the early years of computing likely had no concept about where the computer would take society. Indeed, those of us who log on to computers daily cannot really envision where this technology will take us into the future.
Along with not being able to clearly predict where we will end up in the future as far as computers are concerned, as the technology progresses new terminologies also come into being or vogue. Computer definitions change and expand as often as a new version of popular software is created and marketed.
In the early years of computing, computer definitions were small in number yet a complete mystery to the average man or woman on the streets. Computers and computer definitions – words and terms used to describe the newborn technology – were not often heard in every day conversation. Computer definitions remained inside laboratories and research centers where the technology was being developed.
In this day and age, thanks in part to the prevalence of computers in every day life and thanks in part to the extent the World Wide Web has invaded so many aspects a computer user’s life, computer definitions are common in typical daily parlance. In the 21st century, despite the rapid change and development of hardware and software, computer definitions related to the technology are frequently included in the typical discourse of the average consumer.
Indeed, in this day and age, the typical computer user – and even folks who are not regular computer users – have basic comprehension and understanding of computer definitions.
Computer definitions will continue to develop and change into the future. But, in this age of instant communications, new computer definitions likely will never be foreign to a computer user for a very long time.