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The Floppy Disk
Allan Shugart creates the floppy disk allowing data to be shared among computers. -
Ethernet
Robert Metcalfe creates ethernet which connect multiple computer and hardware systems together. -
Apple Computer
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create the Apple Computer. This computer is the first to have a single-circuit board. -
VisiCalc
VisiCalc, written by Bob Frankston, was the first computerized spreadsheet program. -
WordStar
WordStar was created by Seymour Rubinstein and Rob Barnaby. It was the first commercially successful word processing system.It added margins and word wrap to documents, as well as enabled a printing option.