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Complex Number Calculator
Development by bell telephones laboratory that could calculate complex numbers from equations. This was demonstrated at American Mathematical Society conference held at Dartmouth College
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Colossus Mk 2
The Colossus was made to break the complex Lorenz ciphers used by the Nazis in World War II. It shortened the time to deciper the Lorenz messages from weeks to hours. Computer History -
Digital Phone Lines
Phone companies developed these digital transmissions for inside company uses, like putting more calls on main lines to connect to their centers. Computer History -
The Hyperlink
A creation by Ted Nelson and Douglas Engelbart, hyperlinks were used to reference URLs in documents and other writings. It is most commonly used today in research papers and articles.
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Mother of all Demos
This was basically a display of a computer with a mouse, showing editing, word processing, etc. to a large audience by using an experimental device known as the oNline system. Hypertext was also shown here, which had never been seen before.Computer History -
ARPANET
ARPANET was the first network created by the US government by a group called DARPA. It's the first packet switching network that developed into today's modern world.
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Mobile Networks
The first "mobile" network was a moving van that had government officials including generals, hackers, and others inside a wireless data van. When it was first used it was mainly used for experiments, but today we have these "moving" networks that are known as hotspots. {Computer History}(http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1973/#169ebbe2ad45559efbc6eb357206b1c3) -
Computer Worms
Although the worm was initially intended to use in order to make your processors more efficient, it has since then become widely used today as a virus that invades networked computers, thusly compromising them. It was created by John Shoch and Jon Hupp at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center as a program.
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Macintosh
The Macintosh was the first successful mouse driven computer, complete with a GUI. It's price was $2,500.
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WorldWideWeb
The WorldWideWeb was created at CERN in Switzerland by Tim Berners - Lee, who only was able to create it after getting denied twice, but with unofficial support from his boss and one of his coworkers. It is currently used today for all websites, and is at the beginning of all URLS.
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Intel Pentium Microprocessor
The first Processor of Intel's new Pentium series was released, with the new Pentium series new advances came such as being able to perform multiple instructions at the same time. It also supported graphics and music.
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Apple II
Containing a logic board, power supply, case, keyboard, and a cassette tape, the apple II had very good colorized graphics when connected to a colorized television set. Apple donated thousands of Apple II's to schools, to help with the spread of technology
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First Camera Phone
Created by Softbank, called the J-SH04, it had a .11 megapixel camera and a 256 color display. A few years later, flip phones were developed with cameras as well.
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The Mobile Web
As internet speeds on mobile devices increased, the possibiltity of web browsing on mobile devices became a reality. Major data speed increases on mobile devices significantly improved connectivity of mobile. Computer History -
Apple Watch
First successful attempt at putting the processing power of a computer into a watch. However it was criticized for it's high price and low battery life.
