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Computer Timeline
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Vannevar Bush develops a partly electronic Difference Engine
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IBM creates the first floppy disk
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The U.S. Department of Defense sets up the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET ) this network was the first building blocks to what the internet is today but originally with the intention of creating a computer network that could withstand
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Apple Computers was founded Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
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Apple introduces the Macintosh with mouse and window interface
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Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.
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The World Wide Web is launched to the public
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YAHOO is created
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Bill Gates introduces the Xbox
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Skype announces that it has over 100 million registered users.