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The invention of the mouse
A computer mouse is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface and translates it into a screen. The trackball, a related pointing device, was invented in 1946 by Ralph Benjamin as part of a post-World War II-era fire-control radar plotting system. -
The invention of the transistor
A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power and are the building blocks of modern electronics -
Invention of the integrated circuit
An integrated circuit is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece. Robert Noyce invented the first monolithic integrated circuit chip at Fairchild Semiconductor in 1959. -
The first video game was invented
Spacewar! is a space combat video game developed in 1962 by Steve Russell in collaboration with Martin Graetz, Wayne Wiitanen, Bob Saunders, Steve Piner, and others. It was the first video game invented. -
The invention of the floppy disk
A floppy disk is an type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk in a square enclosure. The first floppy disks, invented and made by IBM, had a disk diameter of 8 inches -
The invention of the email
Electronic mail (e-mail) is a computer-based application for the exchange of messages between users. It was invented in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson -
The invention of the laptop
A laptop computer is a small, portable personal computer (PC). The first laptop was the Epson HX-20, invented by Suwa Seikosha's Yukio Yokozawa in July 1980 -
The browser wars
A browser war is competition for dominance in the usage share of web browsers. The "first browser war," (1995-2001) pitted Microsoft's Internet Explorer against Netscape's Navigator. -
The founding of google
Google is a technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California. -
The founding of facebook
Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.