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The Machine That Transformed Computing: The Xerox Alto Combined Windows, WYSIWYG, Menus, and Networking to Make the Modern PC

2023; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 60; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/mspec.2023.10061637

1939-9340

David C. Brock,

Multimedia Communication and Technology

I'm sitting in front of a computer, looking at its graphical user interface with overlapping windows on a high-resolution screen. I interact with the computer by pointing and clicking with a mouse and typing on a keyboard. I'm using a word processor with the core features and functions of Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or LibreOffice's Writer, along with an email client that could be mistaken for a simplified version of Apple Mail, Microsoft Outlook, or Mozilla Thunderbird. This computer runs other software, written using object-oriented program-ming, just like the popular programming languages Python, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, and R. Its networking capabilities can link me to other computers and to high-quality laser printers.