Microprocessor's Impact on Society

Microprocessor's Impact on Society

Introduction

The microprocessor could be the most significant invention in concept since the discovery of the wheel and the development of written language. Consider: the wheel by itself is nothing more than an object, a meaningless slab of tree trunk or stone. But by applying its shape to tasks of motion, humankind liberated itself from the physical limitations of the body. The world could somehow be bent to the human will. War was possible. Likewise, by itself, written language is little more than a series of scratching on rock, or impressions in a ...