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Liang Ling-Can invents the first fully mechanical clock
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The Arithmometer was the first mass-produced calculator invented by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar
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Samuel Morse invents Morse code
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone called the Photophone
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The Comptometer is an invention of Dorr E. Felt which is operated by pressing keys
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Remote control was invented by Nikola Tesla
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Kurt Godel publishes a paper on the use of a universal formal language
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Hewlett-Packard is Founded. David Packard and Bill Hewlett found Hewlett-Packard in a Palo Alto, California garage. Their first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator, which rapidly becomes a popular piece of test equipment for engineers. Walt Disney Pictures ordered eight of the 200B model to use as sound effects generators for the 1940 movie “Fantasia.”
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John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly: John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly develop the ENIAC ( Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)
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The first electronic computer is created in Japan by Hideo Yamachito.
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The EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) begins performing basic tasks. Unlike the ENIAC, it was binary rather than decimal
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IBM introduces the first word processor
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RAM: Intel introduces the world's first available dynamic RAM ( random-access memory) chip and the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
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Apple: Apple Computers was founded Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
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Apple Macintosh: Apple introduces the Macintosh with mouse and window interface
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google was founded
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Skype announces that it has over 100 million registered users.