Word: nc
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Developed by industry giants like Apple, Sun and Oracle, the network computer--or NC--marks a return to the concept of scaled-back systems for home...
...NC, which costs less than $500, plugs into your television set for you to use as a monitor. It probably won't include a hard drive either; instead, it will plug into your telephone line and connect you directly to the Internet...
...certainly won't look like a computer. Like its predecessors, the NC is designed to blend into the home. Without the bulky peripherals of desktop machines, the NC is meant to be attractive to technophobics...
Supporters of the NC note that most people don't need all the power offered by a Pentium system for tasks like word processing and e-mail. The NC will be based around the "network-centric" model, in which the Internet is at the heart of computing...
...Durham, NC and Leverett House...