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international computer use  

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  • During the 1980s and 1990s, the computer—until then a technology used in offices and production facilities—started its diffusion into private households. In this first phase of the digitalization of private media and communication environments, the computers involved were personal computers that offered a limited range of functions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media; Computer Use, International]

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