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Computer phobia is commonly believed to mean a fear of computers.
However, the term is used quite loosely.
Computer phobia does not necessarily require actual fear on a person's part but can also be used to describe general suspicion of computers.
The amount of Computer phobia has risen since PCs became popular in the mid-1990s but has decreased in recent years.
A RinkWorks web-site called Computer Stupidities contains several dozens of stories from people who have had to deal with computer phobics or have encountered general unawareness on the part of the masses who buy Personal Computers.
Recently, a computer fanatic, Matt Jones, murdered four sufferers of 'Computer Phobia' in a rage of anger.
He was later sentenced to 25 years in Space Camp.
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