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Word processor. A word processor ( WP) [1] [2] is a device or computer program that provides for input, editing, formatting, and output of text, often with some additional features. Early word processors were stand-alone devices dedicated to the function, but current word processors are word processor programs running on general purpose computers.
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A Xerox 6016 Memorywriter Word Processor. A word processor...
- List of Word Processors
1st Word/1st Word Plus: Atari ST family and Acorn: AM...
- Word Processor Program
A word processor program is a computer program that provides...
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Sep 15, 2023 · Abstract. Word processing software evolved from rudimentary yet highly specialized tools for programmers in the early 1960s into very sophisticated but user-friendly PC applications for the general public in the 1980s and early 1990s. The history of word processing—from debugging code on teleprinter terminals in computer labs to authoring ...
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A Brief History of Word Processing. (Through 1986) by Brian Kunde. Note: This paper was written in December, 1986 for a CIS 50 - Sec. 61 class at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California. It reflects the industry situation of that time, and should not be used either as a guide to current industry standards or to the present state of the art.
Apr 29, 2024 · word processing, operation in which a text-editing software program called a word processor is used to create a document on a computer. A word-processing system can produce a wide variety of documents, including letters, memoranda, and manuals, rapidly and at relatively low cost. The precursor of the modern word-processing system was developed ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Historians have not yet explored word processing's development, and so to provide a rounded treatment, we examine the story from multiple perspectives. We review the conceptual development of word processing and office automation; the development of word processing's constituent hardware and software technologies; the relationship of word processing to changes in the organization of office ...
Feb 17, 2022 · The Idea Club of Orlando. February 17, 2022. Word processing did not develop out of computer technology. It evolved from the needs of writers rather than those of mathematicians, only later merging with the computer field. The history of word processing is the story of the gradual automation of the physical aspects of writing and editing, and ...
History of Microsoft Word. The first version of Microsoft Word was developed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie, former Xerox programmers hired by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1981. Both programmers worked on Xerox Bravo, the first WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) word processor.
