Today's Astonishing Computers.

Not long ago computers were not very reliable and comparatively slow in operation. Since then, several generations of complex electronic computing equipment have been developed, each being significantly better than the one before it. Almost every day a new use is found for these astonishing devices to help man. We know a computer to be a complex electronic device that can store and process vast quantities of information. Following instructions, computing equipment will perform calculations …

…like to accomplish. The computer of the future seems to be developed by using bionics - biological functions of plants and animals - as a guide in designing electronic circuits. Nowadays computer makers are working at the problem of introducing small computers into our everyday life making them personal. They are trying to develop a computer that will understand human language. Each new generation of computers opens up new possibilities for basic and applied research.