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The First Integrated Circuit
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce invented the integrated circuit, known as the computer chip. In the 1950s, computers were massive devices that could barely hold a few megabytes. The unification of the integrated chip allowed computers to shrink a great deal in size while gaining in memory. -
The First Computer Mouse
The first computer mouse was invented by Douglas C. Engelbart and presented at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in 1968. -
1st Apple computer
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-found Apple Computer on April Fool's Day. They revealed Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board and ROM. -
The making of HTML
Tim Berners-Lee, a British researcher at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, submits his proposal for what would become the World Wide Web. His paper details his ideas for Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), the building blocks of the Web. -
Wi-Fi is Developed
Wi-Fi, the abbreviated term for "wireless fidelity" is developed, initially covering a distance of up to 300 feet.