The graph below shows the percentage of households with different kinds of technology in the U.S. from 1995 to 1999. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph compares the number of households owning five technologies in the U.S. over a period of 5 years.

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having washing machines was the most important technology over the period shown. The population that used

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players occupied the least percentage in 1999. In 1995, washing machines were the mainstream technology in most U.S. families, which consisted of 60%. And computers were used by 40% of people. The

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player, phone, and Internet just under 30% of families used. Just one year later,

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player users made up the lowest rate of the total, just at around 25%. Between 1995 and 1999, the population that used washing machines rose to a peak of 80%.

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, the residents who used

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players fell to only accounted for 40%. But the number of phone users increased dramatically and even overtook the number of computer users for the whole 5 years, which took up around 75%. And the percentage of families that made use of the Internet and

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player was the same from 1997 to 1998.