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1. First Mechanical Computer is created
It was built from mechanical parts such as levers and gears instead of electrical parts. Common examples would be adding machines and mechanical computers that used gears to show the output displays. -
2. Creation of the Electro Mechanical Television
A system that relied on a scanning device, usually a rotating disk with holes in it to scan a scene and generate a video signal. A similar device would then display the visual on a screen. -
3. Term Hypertext is made
Made by Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson. The two collaborated minds to create the Hypertext Editing System in Brown University. -
4. E-mail was invetned.
Created by Ray Tomlinson in 1971. Used as a way to send digital messages rather than using word of mouth. -
5. LCD display was made
This is known as Liquid Crystal Display. It was a flat panel display that was used electronically. It uses light modulating particles of liquid crystals and use a backlight or reflector instead of emitting its own light. -
6. Microsoft was founded
Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to sell basic interpreters for the Altair 8800, which was a microcomputer that was mad based off of the Intel 8080 CPU. -
7. Altair produces the first portable coputer
MITS developed the first portable computer that had ignited the trend for more portable computers. This was microsoft's founding product -
8. First Magnetic Tape is developed
Made on a thin magnetic coating on a long strip of plastic film. Though developed in 1928 it was used by consumers primarily in the 1970's. -
9. Domain Name System (DNS) was developed
Developed by Jon Postel, Paul Mockapetris and Craig Partridge. This lead to the creation of common domain names such as .edu, .com, .gov, etc -
10. YAHOO is created
YAHOO was created by Jerry Yang and David Filo. It is still used worldwide today. -
12. Amazon is created
Created by Jeff Bezos. Was a online comerce store that sold almost anything from A to Z. -
11. eBay is founded
Founded by Pierre Omidyar. This was one of the first websites that was used by AuctionWeb users. -
13. Google is founded
Founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Before "Google" the name was BackRub due to the system checking backlinks to estimate the importance of a site. -
14. Bill Gates introduced the Xbox
Microsoft's very first gaming console. This console allowed people to play game online and was one of the revolutionary consoles at the time. -
15. 1 Billion PCs were sold
At this point in time, 1 billion PCs have been sold. This is a very good landmark for the PC era, as they got more and more popular over the years.
