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| Ten years ago, most of what people did with computers centered around | | Ten years ago, most of what people did with computers centered around |
− | text and numbers. The graphical nature of the Apple® Macintosh® computer | + | text and numbers. The graphical nature of the Apple Macintosh computer |
| brought a new emphasis on working with graphics on the computer, because | | brought a new emphasis on working with graphics on the computer, because |
| the graphics-based user interface allowed easy manipulation, editing, and | | the graphics-based user interface allowed easy manipulation, editing, and |
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| move data from each creator application to the final document. This | | move data from each creator application to the final document. This |
| lengthy and cumbersome process tends to be error-prone and frustrating. | | lengthy and cumbersome process tends to be error-prone and frustrating. |
− | Today¹s computing world encourages an ever-increasing complexity in
| + | Today's computing world encourages an ever-increasing complexity in |
| successive releases of most applications, because developers are under | | successive releases of most applications, because developers are under |
| constant competitive pressure to add more features to their products. The | | constant competitive pressure to add more features to their products. The |
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| by reducing the complexity and increasing the flexibility of software for | | by reducing the complexity and increasing the flexibility of software for |
| both end users and developers. It offers an evolutionary approach to | | both end users and developers. It offers an evolutionary approach to |
− | restructuring software into independent modules, or ³parts,² which can be | + | restructuring software into independent modules, or "parts," which can be |
| flexibly combined in a variety of ways. The result is an entirely | | flexibly combined in a variety of ways. The result is an entirely |
| different way of both using and writing personal computer software‹one | | different way of both using and writing personal computer software‹one |