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Blaise Pascal
Pascal invents the "Pascaline", a mechanical adding machine.
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Vacuum Tube
The vacuum tube is developed. It is used for amplification and switching; a certain size is required, and it must be warmed up to a certain temperature for use. Handles higher voltages than transistors.
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Transistor
Transistors are created; they can amplify signals to make them stronger, has a much faster switching speed.
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Douglas Englebart
Invents and patents the first computer mouse.
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Word Processor
IBM introduces the first word processor.
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Floppy Disk
IBM creates the first floppy disk. -
RAM
Intel introduce the first dynamic RAM chip.
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CD
The CD is invented in the United States.
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Portable Computers
Altair produces the first portable computer.
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Hypertext
Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau propose a "hypertext" system, starting the modern internet.
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World Wide Web
World wide web is officially released to the public.
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Servers
50 world wide web servers are known to exist.
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