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128
ASCII assigns 128 code points using seven-bit values, numbered from 0 through 127. Its small repertoire includes English letters, digits, punctuation, and control codes rather than the characters of every writing system.
1991
The camera widely remembered as the first webcam watched a coffee pot at Cambridge in 1991, initially over a local network. It became accessible through the World Wide Web in November 1993.
1964
The first mouse prototype in Douglas Engelbart’s research program was built in 1964 with a wooden body. Engineer Bill English constructed the device, which tracked movement using two perpendicular wheels.