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L'uso del computer è sempre più diffuso.

L'uso del computer è sempre più diffuso.
The use of the computer is more and more widespread.
From Lesson 177:Progressive degree (sempre più, sempre meno)·Italian

Questions & Answers about L'uso del computer è sempre più diffuso.

How does sempre più work here, and why isn't it translated literally as 'always more'?
While sempre on its own means 'always', combining it with più (more) creates a progressive phrase meaning 'more and more' or 'increasingly'. This is the standard way to show that a quality is growing over time in Italian.
What is the word diffuso agreeing with in this sentence?
Diffuso (widespread) is an adjective describing the subject of the sentence, which is l'uso (the use), not the computer itself. Since l'uso is masculine singular, diffuso ends in -o.
Why do we use del instead of just di before computer?
In English, we often just say 'computer use' or 'use of computers' without an article. In Italian, you typically need a definite article before a noun. So, it is literally 'the use of the computer', combining di + il to make the articulated preposition del.
Since computer is an English word, how would I say 'of the computers' if it were plural?
Foreign loanwords ending in a consonant, like computer, do not change their endings in the plural in Italian. To make it plural, you only change the article. 'Of the computers' would be dei computer (di + i).

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