To explain the history of computer art is a difficult and complex matter.  You see, traditional art began transforming

slowly but steadily into what we know today as computer art.  I suppose to help explain this history we must start at

the computer.  The very first computer was made in 1945.  It weighed 30 tons and filled an entire room.  Despite all

this, it could only calculate and run the smallest of programs.  Since then, as everyone knows, computers have

advanced considerably and now possess the ability to do many things.  Recently, the true potential of computers

generating art has been fully realized and is becoming more and more popular. The first competition for computer art

was held in 1963.  After this, people began accepting computer art just like traditional art. In 1965 the first exhibition

was held.  Finally, after many years of development, encouragement and improvements, the virtual Museum of

Computer Art (MOCA) was established in 1994.  Today, artists use computers to create beautiful fractals,

imaginative three-dimensional scenes, and awe-inspiring colorings.

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