Yep. Back in the day, before the internet took off, there wasn't much you could do with a computer but develop software, process words, and play games locally.

Yep. Back in the day, before the internet took off, there wasn't much you could do with a computer but develop software, process words, and play games locally. A few people lurked on BBSs — remember them? Remember acoustic couplers? The internet has swamped all that. Now, computers (sized PC and downwards) are primarily a conduit to the internet, and most computing is consuming and creating internet content, be it web surfing, emailing, social networking, shopping, torrent downloading, whatever.