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The first mechanical computer, created by Charles Babbage in 1822
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The Hollerith tabulating machine, also known as the tabulating machine, was an electrical counting machine invented by Herman Hollerith.
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The company was founded on January 1, 1939, by William R. Hewlett and David Packard.
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Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945.
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She was a pioneer of computer programming. Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and used this theory to develop COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today.
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Douglas Carl Engelbart was a pioneer in many aspects of computer science. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction, which resulted in creation of the computer mouse
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Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple. He was a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder Steve
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Windows 1.0 was the first major release of Microsoft Windows, a family of graphical operating systems for personal computers developed by Microsoft.
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Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist, generally credited as the inventor of the World Wide Web.
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Wi-Fi is a family of wireless network protocols, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves.
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The iPhone was released in the United States on June 29, 2007, at the price of $499 for the 4 GB model and $599 for the 8 GB model, both requiring a 2-year contract.
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The first Chromebooks for sale, by Acer Inc and Samsung, were announced at the Google conference in May 2011 and began shipping on June 15, 2011.
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The Apple Watch was released in April 2015, and quickly became the world's best-selling wearable device.