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1) The Role of ICT a) Computing - a look backwards. Within half a century, computers and information technology have changed the world and affected millions of lives in ways that no one could have foreseen. Here are some of the things that people have said about computers: "I think there's a world market for maybe five computers." (Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM, in 1940) "I have travelled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." (The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, in 1957) "There is no reason why anyone would want to have a computer in their home." (President of Digital Equipment Corporation, in 1957) Contrary to these predictions, computers are transforming the ways in which we learn, communicate, do business, enjoy our leisure and live our everyday...

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