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The Lowell Mills open, which starts the industrial revolution. Now people do not have to create products individually so people have more free time. People now have the time to use computers.
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The Lowell Mills are created, starting the industrial revolution. As a result of the industrial revolution, the population in the U.S. increased, causing the demand for increased communication, and eventually the computer.
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The first freely-programable computer, the Z1 is created.
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The co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, is born.
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The co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, is born.
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Steve Balmer, CEO of Microsoft, is born.
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Bill Gates decides to attend Harvard University, which is near Boston. Boston is a very urban area and one result of the industrial revolution was an increase in urbanization.
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The operating system, MS-DOS, is released.
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The operating system, Windows 1.0, is released.
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The operating system, Windows 2.0, is released.
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The operating system, Windows 2.1x, is released.
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The operating system, Windows 3.0, is released.
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The operating system, Windows 3.1x,is released.
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The operating system, Windows 95, is released.
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The operating system, Windows 98, is released.
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The operating system, Windows ME, is released.
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The operating system, Windows XP, is released.
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The operating system, Windows Vista, is released.
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The operating system, Windows 7, is released.
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The operating system, Windows 8, is released.
