Computing · 1968
The Mother of All Demos
Mouse, hypertext and video conferencing, all shown in one afternoon.
Douglas Engelbart's 90-minute demonstration of the oN-Line System introduced the mouse, windows, hypertext and real-time collaborative editing. It set the agenda for personal computing.
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Related measurements
The dashed line marks when it first worked.
Computation per constant dollar, 1850-2006 Latest: 7.3B million units of computer power per 2006 $ (2003) Source: Nordhaus 2007, Two Centuries of Productivity Growth in Computing, J. Econ. Hist. 67(1), Table 6
Internet users in the United States Latest: 322M people (2024) Source: Our World in Data