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Word Processing

The use of a computer program to write, edit and format content. One writes the content and may either print it or save it in an electronic format. Word processing developed in the 1960s and was popularized in the 1970s and 1980s. Word processing was one of the first business uses for the personal computer.

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Hewlett Packard, HP 48GX (communicating and text editing); Hewlett Packard, HP-49G (text editing); Texas Instruments, TI-83 Plus and TI-83 Plus Silver Edition (text editing); Texas Instruments, TI-89 (text editing); and Texas Instruments, TI-92 and Voyage 200 (text editing and QWERTY keypad).

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Basic Technical Writing, 6th ed

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Google's Gboard keyboard adds supports 22 Indic languages

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