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1822 Charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer -
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1923 Television Electronic was invented by Philo Farnsworth -
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1924 Electro Mechanical television system was invented by John Logie Baird -
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1959 Paul Baran theorises on the "survivability of communication systems under nuclear attack", digital technology and symbiosis between humans and machines -
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1965 Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson coin the term "hypertext" -
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1971 E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson Liquid Crystal Display ( LCD ) was invented by James Fergason -
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1974 IBM develops SEQUEL (Structured English Query Language ) now known as SQL Charles Simonyi coins the term WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) to describe the ability of being able to display a file or document exactly how it is going to be printed or viewed -
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1975 Altair produces the first portable computer The Microsoft Corporation was founded April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800 -
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1976 Apple Computers was founded Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs -
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1979 Over half a million computers are in use in the United States. -
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1983 More than 10 million computers are in use in the United States -
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1991 The World Wide Web: The World Wide Web is launched to the public on August 6, 1991 -
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1994 The World Wide Web Consortium is founded by Tim Berners-Lee to help with the development of common protocols for the evolution of the World Wide Web YAHOO is created in April, 1994. -
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2002 Approximately 1 billion PCs been sold -
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2005 September 12: eBay acquires Skype
