Artifacts
9 artifacts, A to Z.
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- 86-DOS 1980Operating system written at Seattle Computer Products; bought by Microsoft and shipped with the IBM PC as PC DOS.
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- ARPANET 1969–1990Packet-switched computer network funded by ARPA from 1969; a forerunner of the internet.
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- Google Earth 2005 –Virtual globe software launched by Google in 2005, based on Keyhole's EarthViewer.
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- IBM PC 12 Aug 1981IBM's first personal computer, launched in August 1981.
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- Latin alphabet c. 700 BCE – c. 600 BCEAlphabet of the Romans, developed from the Etruscan alphabet before 600 BCE; today the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world.
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- Moscow–Washington hotline 1963 –Direct communications link between the US and Soviet heads of government, agreed in June 1963.
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- PGM-19 JupiterUS intermediate-range ballistic missile of the late 1950s, developed by the Army under Wernher von Braun.
- Printing press 1439–c. 1450Machine that pushes paper against inked movable type; Johannes Gutenberg designed and built the first known mechanized one in Europe, about 1439–1450.
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- Sputnik 1 4 Oct 1957First artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957.