The 1970's

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  • The Floppy Disk

    The Floppy Disk
    Allan Shugart creates the floppy disk allowing data to be shared among computers.

  • Ethernet

    Ethernet
    Robert Metcalfe creates ethernet which connect multiple computer and hardware systems together.

  • Apple Computer

    Apple Computer
    Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create the Apple Computer. This computer is the first to have a single-circuit board.

  • VisiCalc

    VisiCalc
    VisiCalc, written by Bob Frankston, was the first computerized spreadsheet program.

  • WordStar

    WordStar
    WordStar was created by Seymour Rubinstein and Rob Barnaby. It was the first commercially successful word processing system.It added margins and word wrap to documents, as well as enabled a printing option.