Great Tech Products & Inventions

Is there really any doubt here? I mean, few things, especially in recent times, have had a more dramatic impact on the entire world, and in a LOT of areas unrelated to tech itself, e.g. politics, entertainment..the list here would be nearly endless!

Any doubt about this one, either?

How many people know the "first" Internet was in the 19th centurty??! (Since it's such an old product/invention, I put up a Wikipedia link)

Fundamental to any form of modern tech, from IBM's Blue Gene/L to the budget PC in Junior's room to the iPhone.

This brought to the world the field of electronics, and made it an industry.

Okay, perhaps it wasn't the first, but it was the first general-purpose, programmable electronic digital computer to be built and used regularly. As such, it set the stage for what would follow.

The "box" that started it all...

The first true high-level computer language. From this point, one no longer needed to be an Electronics Engineer (necessarily) to program a computer...

Its general architecture has come to dominate computing.

Brought the computer into the business world.

Many of its technologies were ideas ahead of their time - and, in its heyday, it outsold Apple!

The foundation for the future OS design of Intel-based computers.

Yes, at one time, video at home was displayed on standard-definition TV sets using something known as "tapes"...

The first non-assembly computer language(s) to gain wide acceptance for application and even system software development, primarily on mini-computers and, ultimately, microcomputers (e.g. PC's). It was a major boon as assembly could be very cumbersome and difficult for all but "engineer-types" to learn and use effectively.

Brought the GUI to the masses in a "general-purpose" desktop computer...