In many ways, the history of computers has followed a similar path to automobiles. At first, automobiles were curiosities, accessible to only a small portion of the population. This changed with the introduction of the Ford Model T in 1908 [Gross 1996]. Since then, automobile makers have continued to make improvements on cars. Compare some of the differences between a Model T and today’s cars in terms of the HCI goals of safety, usability and appeal.

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A(n) ____ is an item used to change how the output stream of characters is displayed.

a. manipulator b. escape sequence c. string d. char object

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