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1.2KInternetThe Contributions Of J.C.R. Licklider and Claude Shannon
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1.2KInternetThe Genius of Von Neumann and Vannevar Bush
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1.8KInternetAlan Turing And Other Famous Computer Inventors
Alan Turing is closely associated with the invention of the modern computer. He and his team cracked the secret Nazi code used...
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936Social MediaWikiLeaks and Julian Assange
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728InternetWhatsApp: An Internet Service that shook the Telecom Industry
Jan Koum migrated to the United States from his native Ukraine in 1992, at the age of 16, with his mother in...
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Quotations for 2016
Never approach a old politician from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction. – Well said..
