SURVEY OF OPERATING SYSTEMS
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Author: Holcombe
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 1, Problem 9MCQ
In the 1950s, a typical computer end user would have been a ____________.
- a. computer gamer
- b. medical doctor
- c. politician
- d. government agency
- e. secretary
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