IBM PC
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1981- IBM PC contains Intel microprocessor and Microsoft's MS-DOS
operating system
Micro-blog
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Publishes short sentences that only take a few seconds to write, rather than
long stories or posts like a traditional blog
Napster
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2000- Injunction prohibiting Napster from allowing copyrighted music to
be traded on its network. This was the beginning of battle over music piracy
Software Separate from Hardware
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1969- IBM offers software bundled separately from the hardware for the
first time
e-mail
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Transmission of electronic messages over the Internet.
Allows you to communicate with anyone in the world who has an Internet
address or e-email account with a system connected to the Internet.
, General purpose Calculator Mark I
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1944 Harvard professor Howard Aiken, built with grant money from IBM
First Generation
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The Vacuum Tube Age - The first computer were built with vacuum tubes.
Vacuum tubes are electronic tubes that were made of glass and were about
the size of light bulbs.
Think of very bit TV or computer monitors with the rounded fronts, these
had vacuum tube technology.
First Generation dates - 1951 - 1957
Integrated Circuit (IC)
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1964- First computers built with IC. IBM System/360 line of computers
using the same programs and peripherals
Ethernet
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1981- IBM PC contains Intel microprocessor and Microsoft's MS-DOS
operating system
Micro-blog
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Publishes short sentences that only take a few seconds to write, rather than
long stories or posts like a traditional blog
Napster
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2000- Injunction prohibiting Napster from allowing copyrighted music to
be traded on its network. This was the beginning of battle over music piracy
Software Separate from Hardware
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1969- IBM offers software bundled separately from the hardware for the
first time
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Transmission of electronic messages over the Internet.
Allows you to communicate with anyone in the world who has an Internet
address or e-email account with a system connected to the Internet.
, General purpose Calculator Mark I
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1944 Harvard professor Howard Aiken, built with grant money from IBM
First Generation
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The Vacuum Tube Age - The first computer were built with vacuum tubes.
Vacuum tubes are electronic tubes that were made of glass and were about
the size of light bulbs.
Think of very bit TV or computer monitors with the rounded fronts, these
had vacuum tube technology.
First Generation dates - 1951 - 1957
Integrated Circuit (IC)
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1964- First computers built with IC. IBM System/360 line of computers
using the same programs and peripherals
Ethernet
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