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The first computer
The first programmable computer, the Z1, was invented by Konrad Zuse, who was a German engineer. This was the birth of the modern day computer.
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The first computer mouse prototype
The first computer mouse prototype was invented by Douglas Engelbart and several other scientists at his research lab, the Augmentation Research Center (ARC). This discovery made technology more accessible to the general public.
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The first Floppy disks
The research and development of the world’s first floppy disk began in 1967 at a San Jose (CA) IBM facility. Floppy disks were used in high capacity from the 1970’s into the 1990’s, but are now becoming increasingly rare and are scarcely used for storage purposes, because of the development of high speed computer networking.
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The ARPANET
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was a packet switching network that was funded and created by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the United States Department of Defense.This government research project developed technologies such as the protocol TCP/IP that became the foundation of the Internet.
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Microsoft
Paul Allen and Bill Gates founded Microsoft with the intent to create and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Microsoft has since been a pioneer in developing computer software and new technology.
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Altair 8800
The first personal computers introduced to the public came as kits. The Altair 8800 was initially presented, followed by the Intel 8080.The Altair 8800 was a microcomputer designed by MITS that used the Intel 8080 CPU.
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Apple
Apple is an American technology company founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. This company has dominated the technology market and created innovative software and products such as the iPhone that are used by millions worldwide.
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The World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee is the English scientist who invented the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web is the tool that people use to access the internet. This invention is the reason why we live in the digital age, where information is so easy to access and we are able to have contact with people on the other side of the planet within seconds.
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Network Switch
Kalpana is a computer-networking equipment manufacturer that introduced the first multi-port Ethernet switch. A network switch is a computer networking device that connects devices together on a computer network. Using a switch makes Ethernet networking faster and cheaper.
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Facebook
The rise of the internet has also given us social media networks that connect millions across the globe. Facebook is a social media service that was created by Mark Zuckerberg and his roommate, Eduardo Saverin. As of 2018, more than one billion users are active on facebook. Facebook, and other social media services, collect data and create data profiles bases off of their user's interactions while browsing.
citation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Facebook)
