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John Napier invented logs in 1614. Logs allow multiplication and division to be reduced to addition and subtraction.
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Wilhelm Schickard, a professor at University of Tubingen, builds the first mechanical calculator in 1623. It can work with six digits, and carries digits across columns.
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The Antikythera mechanism was used for registering and predicting the motion of the stars and planets and was discovered off the coast of Greece in 1901.
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Konrad Zuse invents the first general use programmable calculator. It pioneers the use of binary math and boolean logic in electronic calculation.
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Texas Instruments and Fairchild semiconductor both invented the integrated circuit in 1959.
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Paul Baran of RAND developed the idea ofdistriguted packet switching networks
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The IBM 360 was introduced and rapidly became the standard institutional mainframe computer.
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Doug Engelbart develops a word processor, an early hypertext system and a collaborative application.
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ARPANET goes online.
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Intel prduces a 4 bit microprocessor and 2 years later an 8 bit microprocessor was produced.
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Traf-O-Data to sell their computer traffic-analysis systems
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Apple Macintosh is introduced and has features like a simple, graphical interface, uses the 8-MHz, 32-bit Motorola 68000 CPU, and has a built-in 9-inch black and white screen.
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Microsoft Windows 1.0 shipped.
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The World Wide Web has a growth rate of 341,634% in service traffic in its third year.