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The basic typewriter is a mechanical devise that prints a letter in resonse to user pressing a matching key. Later, electric typewriters were designed and some had capability for a minimum memory to restrike or store input.

Computers are used to process data from user input and can store data. Just because it has a similar keyboard they are totally different. Some computers do not have keyboards and take input from other sources.

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