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The machine was able to multiply, divide and calculate square and cube roots
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William Oughtred develops slide rules
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Wilhelm Schickard invented calculating clock
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Blaise Pascal invents the the "Pascaline," a mechanical adding machine.
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Charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer
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The Analytical Engine was invented by Charles Babbage
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Samuel Morse invents the Morse code.
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Alan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine
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The World Wide Web Consortium is founded by Tim Berners-Lee
YAHOO is created in April, 1994. -
Alan Turing publishes his paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence which helps create the Turing Test.
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Douglas Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse (nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end)
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Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson coin the term hypertext.
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Intel introduces the world's first available dynamic RAM ( random-access memory) chip and the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004
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E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson
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Floppy Disk was invented by David Noble with IBM - Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility.
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Atari releases Pong, the first commercial video game
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Apple Computers was founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
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Ward Christensen writes the programme "MODEM" allowing two microcomputers to exchange files with each other over a phone line.
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Microsoft Windows introduced eliminating the need for a user to have to type each command, like MS-DOS, by using a mouse to navigate through drop-down menus, tabs and icons
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Apple introduces the Macintosh with mouse and window interface
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The Nintendo Entertainment System makes its debut.
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Microsoft introduces Microsoft Works
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The World Wide Web is launched to the public.
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At the beginning of the year only 50 World Wide Web servers are known to exist.
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Java is introduced
Amazon.com is founded by Jeff Bezos
EBay is founded by Pierre Omidyar
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WebTV is introduced
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Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page on September 7, 1998
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Bill Gates introduces the Xbox on January 7th 2001.
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Skype announces that it has over 100 million registered users.
