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Who perfected the prototype of the first commercial typewriter?
Who perfected the prototype of the first commercial typewriter?
Which British computer was operational by the end of 1943 for codebreaking purposes?
Which British computer was operational by the end of 1943 for codebreaking purposes?
Who developed the transistor in 1947?
Who developed the transistor in 1947?
In which year did Texas Instruments and Fairchild Semiconductor announce the integrated circuit?
In which year did Texas Instruments and Fairchild Semiconductor announce the integrated circuit?
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Which computer, introduced in April 1964, became the standard institutional mainframe computer quickly?
Which computer, introduced in April 1964, became the standard institutional mainframe computer quickly?
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Who completed the 1st general purpose programmable calculator in 1941?
Who completed the 1st general purpose programmable calculator in 1941?
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In which year did the number of network hosts break 100,000?
In which year did the number of network hosts break 100,000?
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Who developed the World Wide Web?
Who developed the World Wide Web?
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What is the standard protocol for ARPANET established in 1982?
What is the standard protocol for ARPANET established in 1982?
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What was the growth rate of service traffic on the World Wide Web in 1993?
What was the growth rate of service traffic on the World Wide Web in 1993?
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When was USENET established between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University?
When was USENET established between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University?
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When was the MITS Altair 8800, hailed as the first 'personal' computer, featured in Popular Electronics?
When was the MITS Altair 8800, hailed as the first 'personal' computer, featured in Popular Electronics?
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Which company developed the first spreadsheet program, Visicalc, in the spring of 1979?
Which company developed the first spreadsheet program, Visicalc, in the spring of 1979?
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What percentage of the personal computer market did Apple capture by 1980?
What percentage of the personal computer market did Apple capture by 1980?
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In which year did the IBM PC get released?
In which year did the IBM PC get released?
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Who developed the basic ideas of the Internet in 1973?
Who developed the basic ideas of the Internet in 1973?
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When did BBN open the first public packet-switched network, Telenet?
When did BBN open the first public packet-switched network, Telenet?
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Who demonstrated the program Sketchpad on a TX-2 mainframe at MIT's Lincoln Labs in 1962?
Who demonstrated the program Sketchpad on a TX-2 mainframe at MIT's Lincoln Labs in 1962?
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Which company was founded by Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce in 1968?
Which company was founded by Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce in 1968?
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In what year did Fairchild Semiconductor introduce a 256-bit RAM chip?
In what year did Fairchild Semiconductor introduce a 256-bit RAM chip?
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Who designed the Mark-8 prototype featured in the July 1974 Radio Electronics?
Who designed the Mark-8 prototype featured in the July 1974 Radio Electronics?
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What was the first high-level programming language for the Intel Microprocessor developed by Gary Kildall?
What was the first high-level programming language for the Intel Microprocessor developed by Gary Kildall?
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When did Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start building and selling 'blue boxes' in Southern California?
When did Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start building and selling 'blue boxes' in Southern California?
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When were Arabic numerals introduced in Europe?
When were Arabic numerals introduced in Europe?
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Who is credited with inventing logs in 1614 to aid in mathematical operations?
Who is credited with inventing logs in 1614 to aid in mathematical operations?
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In which century did Wilhelm Schickard build a mechanical calculator with a 6-digit capacity?
In which century did Wilhelm Schickard build a mechanical calculator with a 6-digit capacity?
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Who is believed to have built the first mechanical calculator around 1500?
Who is believed to have built the first mechanical calculator around 1500?
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In what century did Joseph-Marie Jacquard invent an automatic loom controlled by punch cards?
In what century did Joseph-Marie Jacquard invent an automatic loom controlled by punch cards?
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Which device, dated to the 1st century B.C., was used for registering and predicting the motion of stars and planets?
Which device, dated to the 1st century B.C., was used for registering and predicting the motion of stars and planets?
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