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Alan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine
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Donald Watts Davies joins Alan Turing to build the fastest digital computer in England at the time, the Pilot ACE
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The first integrated circuit, or silicon chip, is produced by the US Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
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Douglas Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse
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IBM introduces the first word processor
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The compact disc is invented in the United States.
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Apple Computers was founded Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
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More than 10 million computers are in use in the United States
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Apple introduces the Macintosh with mouse and window interface
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The Microsoft Corporation was founded April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800
