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ENIAC was the first electronic general purpose computer. It was programmed to solve large class numerical problems.
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Advanced research project Agency (ARPA) invented for US Department of Defense during the Cold war. The ARPANET is created. Beginning of the internet.
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American Standard Code for Information Exchange is invented. It allows machines from different manufactors to exchange data.
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Lawrence Roberts and Thomas Marill join together to create the first wide area network through long distance dial-up between a computer in Massachusetts and California.
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Ray Tomlinson creates a program to send emails over the ARPANET and develops the @ user.
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Xerox Palo Alto Research center designs the Alto. It is the first work station that has a mouse for input. It can store several files in windows, has menus and icons, and can link into the local network.
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Class of microcomputers that eventually became popular during the 1980s. The most common use was for playing video games. Early microcomputers include the Altair 8800.
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Kilnam Cohn, a professor, develops the first internet connection in Asia, called SDN.
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Apple releases the Macintosh. It is the first successful mouse-driven computer with graphic user interface.
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Tim Berners-Lee developed and introduced the World Wide Web and HTTP protocol.
