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The FORTRAN programming language, an acronym for FORmula TRANslation, is developed by a team of programmers at IBM led by John Backus, according to the University of Michigan.
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The death of Apple's Steve Jobs on Wednesday (Oct. 5) triggered an outpouring of mourning and celebration.As newspaper orbits remembered Jobs as a ''Visionary'' and the ''Henry Ford of the computer industry,'' fans converged on apple stores across the country to leave notes,bouquets and actual apples.
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The first dot-com domain name is registered on March 15,years before the World Wide Web would mark the formal beginning of Internet history.The Symbolics Computer Company,a small Massachusetts computer
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Microsoft announces Windows,according to Encyclopedia Britannica.This was the company's response to Apple's GUI.Commodore unveils the Amiga 1000, which features advanced audio and video capabilities.
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