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Today in Tech History, December 2nd 👇
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1991: Apple Releases QuickTime
Apple first released QuickTime, its multimedia framework for handling video, sound, and other media on computers.

"1954: U.S. Navy Dedicates NORC
The U.S. Navy dedicated its Naval Ordnance Research Calculator (NORC) at the Naval Surface Weapons Center. At the time, it was one of the fastest computers in the world, built by the Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory."

"1969: Patent for a Home Security System
A patent was granted to Marie V. B. Brown for an innovative closed-circuit television system for home security, which included remote door unlocking and an alarm trigger."

On Today's Tech in History 👇

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🗓️ Today in Tech History – November 12

👨‍💻 1931: Daniel Slotnick was born — he helped create one of the first supercomputers, ILLIAC IV.
💡 1937: Alan Turing shared his idea of a Universal Machine, which became the foundation of all modern computers.

🗓️ Today in Tech History – November 12, 2007

💻 Germany built a supercomputer called JUGENE.
It had 65,536 processors all working together — making it the fastest computer in Europe at that time.
Scientists used it to study weather, science, and energy.

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🗓️ On this day in tech – Nov 10, 1983
Microsoft introduced Windows 1.0 — its first graphical interface for PCs. 🖥️

It brought menus, tiled windows, and mouse support for the first time — a big step that changed how we used computers. 💡

💡 Before Cloud Computing, There Was Timesharing (1950s)

Back in the 1950s, computers were giant machines that only one person could use at a time. Then came a man named Fernando J. Corbató, who changed everything.

He introduced timesharing — a system that let many people use one computer at the same time.

Instead of everyone owning their own computer, people connected their terminals (screen + keyboard) to a single main computer.
That computer divided its time among users so fast that each person felt like they had their own personal computer.

💭 Sounds familiar?
That’s exactly how cloud computing works today.
We connect our devices to massive servers (like Google, AWS, or OpenAI) and share their power, storage, and intelligence.

So next time you open Google Docs or ChatGPT, remember — it all started with a 1950s idea called Timesharing 💻

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