From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Word processing
Word processing
Word processing is the creation of documents using a
word processor. It can also refer to advanced shorthand
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techniques, sometimes used in specialized contexts with • Business-Software-Books.us - A collection of word
a specially modified typewriter. The term was coined at processor application books available for free
IBM’s Boeblingen, West Germany (at that time) Laborato- download.
ry in the 1960s. • "Remembering the Office of the Future: Word
Processing and Office Automation before the
Personal Computer" - A comprehensive history of
See also early word processing concepts, hardware, software,
• Word processor and use. By Thomas Haigh, IEEE Annals of the
History of Computing 28:4 (October-December
2006):6-31.
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