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Word: clankingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1992-1992
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...sufficient to alert a computer user that his machine had been turned on or that a floppy disk had failed. Then came the Macintosh, with its built-in sound chips and an onscreen control panel that enabled Mac enthusiasts to replace the beep with a boing, a clink-clank or a monkey's chirp. Finally, last spring Microsoft put sound- control software in the latest version of its Windows program, extending the power to customize a computer's noises to the 90 million owners of IBM PCs and compatible machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Booms, Boings and Wisecracks | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

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