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The newly formed Intel unveils the Intel 1103, the first Dynamic Access Memory (DRAM) chip
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Alan Shugart leads a team of IBM engineers who invent the "floppy disk," allowing data to be shared among computers
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Robert Metcalfe, a member of the research staff for Xerox, develops Ethernet for connecting multiple computers and other hardware.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers on April Fool's Day and roll out the Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board, according to Stanford University.
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Accountants rejoice at the introduction of VisiCalc, the first computerized spreadsheet program
