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A typewriter is a mechanical device used for typing characters onto paper, becoming essential for writing by the late 19th century. It gained popularity in offices and among writers until the rise of personal computers in the 1980s, although it remains in use in some regions, particularly in India. Typewriters were once a standard office tool but have largely been replaced by digital alternatives.

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A typewriter is a mechanical device used for typing characters onto paper, becoming essential for writing by the late 19th century. It gained popularity in offices and among writers until the rise of personal computers in the 1980s, although it remains in use in some regions, particularly in India. Typewriters were once a standard office tool but have largely been replaced by digital alternatives.

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A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters.

Typically, a
typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced
on paper by striking an inked ribbon selectively against the paper with a type element. Thereby, the
machine produces a legible written document composed of ink and paper. By the end of the 19th
century, a person who used such a device was also referred to as a typewriter.[2]

The first commercial typewriters were introduced in 1874,[3] but did not become common in offices
in the United States until after the mid-1880s.[4] The typewriter quickly became an indispensable tool
for practically all writing other than personal handwritten correspondence. It was widely used by
professional writers, in offices, in business correspondence in private homes, and by students
preparing written assignments.

Typewriters were a standard fixture in most offices up to the 1980s. After that, they began to be
largely supplanted by personal computers running word processing software. Nevertheless,
typewriters remain common in some parts of the world. For example, typewriters are still used in
many Indian cities and towns, especially in roadside and legal offices, due to a lack of continuous,
reliable electricity.[5]

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