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How they were used
Mostly computers were used in the labs of businesses to comunicate in the working envirorment -
first computer
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music
The oldest known recordings of computer generated music were played by the Ferranti Mark 1 computer.
The Mark 1 is a commercial version of the Baby Machine from the University of Manchester. The music program was written by Christopher Strachey. -
Presidnt Eisenhower
President Eisenhower requests funds to create ARPA. Approved as a line item in Air Force appropriations bill. -
super computer
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floppy disk
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floppy disk
The floppy disk is invented at IBM by David Noble, -
programming
Development of UNIX operating system begun. -
mico computer
First microcomputer implementation of BASIC by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, it was written for the MITS Altair, this led to the formation of Microsoft later in the year. -
Apple
Apple Computer founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. -
apple computer
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intel
Introduction of the 16-bit Intel 8086, the first x86 microprocessor. -
mac
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Apple Mac
Apple Computer introduces the Macintosh on January 24th -
10 thousand have computers
10,000 hosts on the Internet. -
Pc sold
25 million PCs sold in US -
Percent growth
Web grows by 341,000 percent in a year -
netscape
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Windows 95 released
Windows 95 released -
Free Browser
Netscape announces plans to give its browser away for free. -
MERGE
AOL Merges with Time-Warner. AOL shareholders take 55% stake in newly formed company. -
people registered
10,000,000 domain names have been registered. -
internet 1.14 billin users
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Internet users
1.114 billion people use the Internet according to Internet World Stats.
