In its more general usage, a personal computer (PC) is a microcomputer 1 one person at a time. Prior to the PC, computers were designed for (and only affordable by companies who attached terminals for 2users to a single large computer whose resources were shared among all users. The advent of the era of the personal computer 3by Time magazine in 1982, when they broke with tradition by choosing the PC as their "Man of the Year." By the late 1980s, technology 4 made it feasible to build a small computer that an individual could own and use. The term "PC" has been traditionally used for use by an "IBM-compatible" personal computer in contradistinction to an Apple Macintosh back to the early years of 5. computer. The distinction is both technical and cultural and 6. personal computers, when IBM and Apple were the two major competitors. Originally, the "IBM- compatible" PC was one with an Intel microprocessor architecture and 7. DOS or Windows that was written to use that microprocessor. The Apple Macintosh uses Motorola mieroprocessor 8and a proprietary operating system. The "IBM- compatible" PC was associated with business and use, while the "Mac," known for its more intuitive user interface, was associated with 9.and desktop publishing. Although the such distinctions have become less 10. in recent years, people often still categorize a personal computer as either a PC or a Mac. According to Michael Dell, there were 240 million PCs sold worldwide in 2005.
2. the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Imperial College of Science and Technology, the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, the School of Oriental and African Studies, the School of Architecture.
3. Whereas colleges within a university teach all subjects, and schools – a group of subjects, these institutes specialize more narrowly, and are often more occupied with research than teaching undergraduates.
4. Most of the redbrick universities founded in the nineteenth century are scattered throughout the country and are to be found in Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham, Sheffield, Southampton and some others.
5. The redbrick universities organize their academic work in a va-riety of ways. Subjects are taught in individual departments which are in turn grouped into faculties covering the main subject grouping, like arts, science, engineering, social science.
6. The “new universities” were all founded after the Second World War. They are Keele Uni-versity (in Staffordshire), the universities of East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Lancaster, Sussex, Warwick, York.
It was afternoon and the streets were empty as I was going back home after school 5 week ago. Suddenly I heard some noise under the nearest tree. I came up to the tree and saw a small kitten! He was clean and so pretty that I couldn't help smiling. Of couгse, I took this little miracle with me.
Now my kitten is very plump and friendly . Its head isn’t big. Its neck is short. Its paws are small. Its eyes are black and clever. Its ears are small.
My kitten likes to eat especially milk and bread. Most of all Mila likes to sleep and play. It's very funny and playfull. We play every evening. I like my Mila very much. I think kitten are very careful and clever.