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Wilhelm Schickard designs the first known mechanical calculator, the "Calculating Clock" to multiply large numbers. The calculator is used very frequently now and is very helpful.
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The telegraph allowed people to communicate long distances in a short amount of time. It also led to the invention of the telephone which is an everyday necessity now.
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Boolean Logic later become the basis for computer logic.
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The electric typewriter made office work easier for a lot of people, and would later involve into the computer keyboard.
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IBM builds the first hard drive. It contains fifty 24 inch disks, has a capacity of 5 MB and costs over US$1,000,000. Hard drives are now used in every computer to store long term data. Computers could not function without one.
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The first video game is developed by grad student Steve Russell at MIT. Video games have become a part of everyday life. Children and even adults play them for entertainment and to reduce stress.
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IBM develops the first floppy disk which was used to transport files from one computer to another. They were later replaced with CDs and DVDs.
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The Word Wide Web provides access to the wide and rapidly growing amount of information available.
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Toy Story is the first full-length feature film to be completely computer generated. Many other completely computer generated movies have followed, and they are extremely popular.
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Google: Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page on September 7, 1998. Google has become the main source for people to find information on the Internet.
