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computers got smaller because one of its main components - the valve - was replaced by the much smaller transistor.
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the microchip was replacing the transistor. A microchip could have several transistors on it.
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A blue box is an electronic device that generates the same tones employed by a telephone operator's dialing console to switch long-distance calls.
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The first computer game invented.
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Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end.
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The original Internet.
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The first ‘hobby’ personal computer was the Altair 8800 which cost just under $1509.84 in today’s money
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen developed a program for the Altair that allowed people to write their own programs in BASIC program language. Their newly formed company was called Micro-Soft which was later changed to Microsoft.
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Apple created the "home/personal computer" that could be used by anybody. The computer - Apple II - was launched in 1977 and was an immediate success. The personal computer was sealed in a neat plastic case, it had a keyboard, video unit and used removable floppy discs.
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Word Processors.
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Eventually 85% of all personal computers were to be IBM compatible.
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The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface.
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Microsoft announces Windows, its response to Apple’s GUI. Commodore unveils the Amiga 1000, which features advanced audio and video capabilities.
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The Pentium microprocessor advances the use of graphics and music on PCs.
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The term Wi-Fi becomes part of the computing language and users begin connecting to the Internet without wires.
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Apple unveils the Mac OS X operating system, which provides protected memory architecture and pre-emptive multi-tasking, among other benefits. Not to be outdone, Microsoft rolls out Windows XP, which has a significantly redesigned GUI.
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Mozilla’s Firefox 1.0 challenges Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, the dominant web browers.
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its first Intel-based, dual-core mobile computer, as well as an Intel-based iMac. Nintendo’s Wii hits the market.
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The iPhone brings many computer functions to the smartphone.
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which offers the ability to pin applications to the taskbar and advances in touch and handwriting recognition, among other features.
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Apple unveils the iPad, changing the way consumers view media and jumpstarting the dormant tablet computer segment.
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Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD). It was developed by Google with the mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format. Wearers communicate with the Internet via natural language voice commands.