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Lee De Forest invents the electronic tube
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IBM is formed on June 15, 1911
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Television Electronic was invented by Philo Farnsworth
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Vannevar Bush develops a partly electronic Difference Engine
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George Stibitz develops the Complex Number Calculator - a foundation for digital computers
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The term computer ‘bug’ as computer bug was first used by Grace Hopper
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The Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL) programming language is invented.
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Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson coin the term "hypertext"
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The World Wide Web is launched to the public on August 6, 1991
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Skype announces that it has over 100 million registered users.