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There are 5 ongoing trends have marked the history of computing which are : Ubiquity Continual reduction in cost of computing capability The processing power become more and more common. Interconnection Computer system are not stand alone , but connected into distributed system Example are internet Distributed and concurrent systems have become norm Intelligence Complexity of tasks about automating and delegating able do by the computer. Delegation Computer able to do some decision without human intervention computers have the power to decide even safety critical tasks. Example: fly-by-wire aircraft because the machine judgement may be trusted more than an experienced pilot. Human-Orientation the View during programming is more toward human rather than machine-oriented . implementation software in terms of higher-level which are more human oriented and abstractions.