The document discusses how computers have become central to consumer society and online shopping. It provides background on the development of computers from the early pioneers like Stibitz and Gates to their proliferation in society today. Over 1 billion computers existed by 2008, forecast to reach over 2 billion by 2014. Online shopping allows consumers to directly purchase goods and services from sellers over the internet, demonstrating computers' role in modern consumerism.

1. By Andrew Petukhov, 8 “A”

2. 1. The Consumer Society
2. Computerization of society
3. History of computing
4. Great People
5. Computers today
6. Shopping online

3. To prove that the computer is the main
instrument of the consumer society’s living
arrangement.

4. Consumerism is a social and economic order
that is based on the systematic creation and
fostering of a desire to purchase goods and
services in ever greater amounts.

5. Buy
something
Satisfaction
Satisfaction
ends

7. Computerization of society is the
development and implementation of technical
base of computers that provide quick receipt
of results of information processed and its
accumulation.

8. The era of modern computing began with a
flurry of development before and during
World War II, as electronic circuit elements
replaced mechanical equivalents, and digital
calculations replaced analog calculations.

9. George Stibitz is internationally recognized as
one of the fathers of the modern digital
computer.

10. William Henry "Bill" Gates III, (born October
28, 1955) is an American business magnate,
philanthropist, author, and is chairman of
Microsoft, the software company he founded
with Paul Allen.

11. Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (born February 24,
1955) is also an American business magnate
and inventor. He is the co-founder and chief
executive officer of Apple Inc.

12. The explosion in the use of computers began
with "third-generation" computers.

13. The amount of computers in the World
increases every day. In 2008 it exceeded 1
billion. Scientists forecast that it will exceed 2
billion in 2014.
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14. Online shopping is the process whereby
consumers directly buy goods or services
from a seller in real-time, without an
intermediary service, over the Internet. It is a
form of electronic commerce.

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