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Computers have changed considerably in size and speed in the last 20 years. This has made it possible for computers that would once fill a room to fit in your hand.

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Twenty years ago computers worked at a snails pace. The computers of today have faster processors and faster circuitry making them run at much faster speeds.

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Computers today are enormously fast. For example, a smartphone from today would be able to operate the entirety of the Apollo 13 space shuttle that was launched in 1970.

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