
Computers and programs
same time for any reason other than a total failure of power. The micro also
ensures greater confidentiality of data., because the user can keep confidential
records on a disk which can be carried about, with no central records kept on
a machine to which many others have access. Though micros can be
operated with timesharing and in networks, in which several computers
share data stores and printers, the greatest advantage of the micro is obtained
when it is used as a stand-alone machine, and the use of modems to link
machines through telephone lines makes it possible for the first time to have
work done anywhere, bringin ...