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  The first integrated circuit, or silicon chip, is produced
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  Laser invented by Theodore Harold Maiman
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  Optical disc invented by David Paul Gregg
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  Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart
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  Hypertext invented by Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson
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  Floppy Disk invented by David Noble with IBM
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  E-mail invented by Ray Tomlinson
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  Personal computer invented by Xerox PARC
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  Ethernet invented by Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs
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  World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee