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Konrad Zuse invented the first freely programmable computer. This is important because it opened the window of opportunity for computers which made people start to think of the ways in which they could program things.
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The first computer game, Tennis For Two, was invented by William Higginbotham. This is important because it may have opened up ideas on making video game consoles.
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Douglas Englebert invented the mouse. This is important because people are now able to operate more things at once.
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IBM creates the first floppy disk which led to the creation of optical drives
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Email was invented, which created a new way to communicate quickly
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen establish Microsoft. This brought the most popular operating systems to the world
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Apple introduces the first personal computer with colored graphic which helped bring color to our world
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Disney releases Tron, the first movie with computer generated effects, which led to even better special effects
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Sony starts selling the first audio cd player which led to MP3 players
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Toy Story is released, which is the first completely computer generized movie, and helped the world with the creation of video games, animations, and better graphics
