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This Main Table of contents references the most editions of Technology User Profile (TUP), the longest running full-market study of technology use throughout the United States, conducted continuously since 1983. TUP is intended to provide an in-depth profile of a wide range of technology use and users.

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Main Table of Contents Sections

Total Market	This chapter includes information about the entire PC market, splitting out home/family PCs from those used in the workplace and those owned for self-employment.
Home/Family PCs	The Home/Family PC chapter goes into more detail about demographics and technology ownership.
Workplace/Self-Employed PCs	The Workplace/Self-Employed PC chapter splits out PCs by the workplace market segment, with commercial split by size from SOHO/SMB through large enterprises, as well as splitting out Education and Government.
New PCs Purchased in 2005	This chapter looks at the most recent year of PCs that are purchased new. This helps compare the installed base with recent market activity.
New PCs Purchased in 2004	This chapter looks at the most recent year of PCs that are purchased new. This helps compare the installed base with recent market activity.
Households (Home/Family and Work/Self-Employed)	This chapter reports on households with computer users - with one part being about households that own home/family PCs and the other party being about households with users of PCs owned by an employer or self-employed.
Multiple-PC Households	This chapter looks more deeply at households that have more than one home/family PC, as well as households with only one home/family PC.

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