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Early computing. The PLATO system was launched in 1960 at the University of Illinois and subsequently commercially marketed by Control Data Corporation.It offered early forms of social media features with innovations such as Notes, PLATO's message-forum application; TERM-talk, its instant-messaging feature; Talkomatic, perhaps the first online chat room; News Report, a crowdsourced online ...
In April 2013, Raytheon received U.S. Army approval for a second recertification, extending the operational life of the worldwide inventory of Patriot missiles from 30 to 45 years. MIM-104D (PAC-2/GEM) There were more upgrades to PAC-2 systems throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century, mostly centering on software.
Over 60% of voters chose to vote using the Internet rather than paper. The Forum des droits sur l'Internet (Internet rights forum), published a recommendation on the future of electronic voting in France, stating that French citizens abroad should be able to use Internet voting for Assembly of the French Citizens Abroad elections.
By 1997, 40% to 60% of American homes played on video game consoles. [further explanation needed] 30% to 40% of these homes owned a console, while an additional 10% to 20% rented or shared a console. Changes in the industry. After the dust settled in the fifth generation console wars, several companies saw their outlooks change drastically.
Blockbuster (retailer) Blockbuster [5] formerly called Blockbuster Video is an American multimedia brand and former rental store chain. The business was founded by David Cook in 1985 as a single home video rental shop, but later became a public store chain featuring video game rentals, DVD-by-mail, streaming, video on demand, and cinema theater ...
Human brain. The brain is the central organ of the human nervous system, and with the spinal cord makes up the central nervous system. The brain consists of the cerebrum, the brainstem and the cerebellum. It controls most of the activities of the body, processing, integrating, and coordinating the information it receives from the sense organs ...
Logos of IBM 1947–1956 1956–1972 Since 1972 International Business Machines (IBM) is a multinational corporation specializing in computer technology and information technology consulting. Headquartered in Armonk, New York, the company originated from the amalgamation of various enterprises dedicated to automating routine business transactions, notably pioneering punched card -based data ...
The word psychopathy is a joining of the Greek words psyche ( ψυχή) "soul" and pathos ( πάθος) "suffering, feeling". [18] The first documented use is from 1847 in Germany as psychopatisch, [19] and the noun psychopath has been traced to 1885. [20] In medicine, patho- has a more specific meaning of disease (Thus pathology has meant the ...