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William DeForest invents the vacuum tube. We don't use vacuum tubes now a days but back in the old days they helped regulate the current flow in the computer.
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Two American physicists, Eccles and Jordan, invent the flip-flop circuit. This helped store information in the computers itself.
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Teletypewriters and teleprinters come into limited use in Britain, Germany and the US. We could actually start typing and learning more!
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The Moore School differential analyzer is completed, It helped us solve differential equations.
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An Wang develops magnetic core memory, We had a device that could keep things for us so we wouldn't have to go through the same process to get where we needed.
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Gordon Teal develops transistors based on silicon, It helped switch electronic signals.
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Douglas Englebart develops a working mouse. I think this is a great milestone because we can now manuever the computer!
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The floppy disk is introduced. It is a storage disk. So we could put stuff on it and take it out and take it to a different computer.
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Cellular telephones are first tested in Japan and Chicago. We could call each other whenever now! We didn't have to go in a house and use their phones.
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Sony announces the Compact Disk. It's a DVD!!! We could hear the audio and see images!
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Motorola releases the 68040 chip. It manages communication!
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Approximately 1 billion PCs been sold. It's great to see people take computers home and stuff.
