Oxford bookworms library factfiles: level 3:: information technology audio pack (OUP Oxford)

It is hard to imagine the modern world without information technology. At home, at work, and at play, mobile phones, emails and computershave become part of daily life. The story of information technology is a story of machines - from the ancient abacus to the small powerfulcomputer chips of today. But it is also a story of people. Meet awoman who wrote computer programs two hundred years ago, a teenagemillionaire, a man who began with a paperclip and ended with a house - and the criminals who want your name and your money. Come anddiscover the world of information technology.