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Invention of the dvd
A DVD is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed by Phillips, Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic in 1995. The medium can store any kind of digital data and is widely used for software and other computer files as well as video programs watched using DVD players. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than compact discs while having the same dimensions. -
Invention of the dot matrix printer
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Invention of the barcode reader
A barcode is an optical machine-readerable representation of data relating to the object to which it is attatched. Orginally barcodes systematically represented data by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines, and may be referred to as linear or one-dimensional. -
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Historical Devices in ICT
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Invention of the CD
The first commercial compact disc was produced on 17 August 1982. It was a recording from 1979 of Claudio Arrau performing Chopin waltzes (Philips 400 025-2). Arrau was invited to the Langenhagen plant to press the start button. The first popular music CD produced at the new factory was The Visitors (1981) by ABBA. -
Invention of the router
A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the 'traffic directing' functions on the internet. A router is connected to two or more data lines from different networks. -
Smart phone invention
Main mobile operating systems - Android, IOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry -
Apple ipad
Sold 250 million since the first one. -
First camera phone
A camera phone is a mobile which is able to capture photographs. Most camera phones also record video. The first camera phone was sold in 2000 in Japan : a J-Phone model.
