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A '''word processor''' is an electronic device or computer [[software application]], that performs the task of composition, editing, formatting, printing of [[documents]].
 
A '''word processor''' is an electronic device or computer [[software application]], that performs the task of composition, editing, formatting, printing of [[documents]].
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== Literature ==
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Various people involved with [[literature]] -- novelists, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, and essayists -- naturally gravitated toward word processing once the technology became widely available.
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Notable early adopters in the mid- or late-1970s included [[Jerry Pournelle]], [[Larry Niven]], [[Stanley Elkin]], [[James Fallows]], and [[Michael Crichton]].
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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Revision as of 13:08, 28 April 2016

A word processor is an electronic device or computer software application, that performs the task of composition, editing, formatting, printing of documents.

Literature

Various people involved with literature -- novelists, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, and essayists -- naturally gravitated toward word processing once the technology became widely available.

Notable early adopters in the mid- or late-1970s included Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven, Stanley Elkin, James Fallows, and Michael Crichton.

See also

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