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1985
The first .com domain ever registered was symbolics.com, in 1985.
Symbolics.com was registered on 15 March 1985, making it the first registered .com domain. That milestone concerns a domain name, not the creation of the first website.
The first .com domain ever registered was symbolics.com, in 1985.
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1991
The first webcam was pointed at a coffee pot.
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.
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1964
The first computer mouse was made of wood.
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.
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