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The moveable-type printing press is invented by Johann Gutenburg
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One of the first large-scale analog computers is developed by Lord Kelvin to predict the height of tides in English harbors.
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Dorr E. Felt of Chicago, makes his "Comptometer". This is the first calculator with keys.
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David Packard and Bill Hewlett envent the computer. Their first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator.
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Konrad Zuse finishes the Z3 computer.
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The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) is completed.
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Doug Englebart invents the computer mouse, first called the X-Y Position Indicator.
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MITS introduces the first personal computer
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Apple introduces the Macintosh
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The World Wide Web becomes available to the general public