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Bites A bite is the smallest unit of information on a machine. The term was first used in 1946 by John Tukey, a leading statistician and adviser to five presidents. A single bit can hold only one of two values: 0 or 1. More meaningful information is obtained by combining consecutive bits into larger units. Personal Computer A personal computer (PC) is a general-purpose computer. Software applications for most personal computers include word processing, spreadsheets, databases, Web browsers and e-mail clients. It is useful for most individuals. Modern personal computers often have connections to the Internet. Other Personal Computer All apple devices can be other personal computers. On the apple the devices you can search the internet. They have iPods, iPads, and iPhones as apple devices. Their best-known hardware product is the Mac line of computers. The company was founded on April 1, 1976, and incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. on January 3, 1977. Functions of computers The main and also basic function of a computer is to run programs. The programs they run can help to improve humans' everyday lives. They have 4 main functions in a computer. The functions on a computer are input, output, processing, and storage. Multiuser computers Multi-user is a term that defines an operating system or application software that allows access by multiple users of a computer. Time-sharing systems are multi-user systems. Some multi-user operating systems such as Windows versions from the Windows NT family support simultaneous access by multiple users. You can use a variety of users on multiuser computers. Evolution of Computers The earliest electronic computers were not personal in any way. They were enormous and hugely expensive, and they required a team of engineers to keep them running. On the inside, about 18,000 vacuum tubes carried electrical signals from one part of the machine to another. It is nearly impossible to imagine modern life without them. Ubiquitous Computing Ubiquitous computing is an advanced computing concept where computing is made to appear everywhere and anywhere. In contrast to desktop computing, ubiquitous computing can occur using any device, in any location, and in any format. A user interacts with the computer, which can exist in many different forms - laptop, tablets, terminals, phones, etc. The underlying technologies to support ubiquitous computing include Internet, advanced middleware, and operating system.