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The first computer made commercially in the US. This opened the door for computer legends such as Steve Jobs and Bill Gates to learn about computers and programming.
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The first silicon chip was made in the US. This revolutionized the way computers operated and basically created the computers today.
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Called Spacewar Computer Game, this game was the ancestor to World of Warcraft and MineCraft.
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The mouse predecessed things like joysticks and other peripheral devices.
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Dynamic RAM made things like word processing documents possible.
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Email made a whole new way to communicate. It's now probably one of the biggest ways of communication today, although it has decreased a little due to Facebook and other social networking sites.
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This invention was the grandparent to desktops and laptops, made computers much more popular.
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen sell an interpretor for Altair 8800. Computer legend is born.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak begin a company that would soon bring us revolutionary devices like the iPod and the iPhone.
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Introduced with a windows interface. Started a legacy of computers, including the one I'm working on right now, the MacBook.
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Revolutionizing both technology and resources for everyone, the World Wide Web is still very much current, a feat unmatched to this day.