This document is a timeline of key events in the history of computing from the 1940s to the 1990s. It lists inventions, developments, and milestones such as the creation of ENIAC (the first general-purpose electronic computer) in 1946, the introduction of the integrated circuit in 1958, the release of the first IBM personal computer in 1981, and the launch of the World Wide Web in 1991. The timeline spans over 50 years and includes around 40 important dates related to advances in computing technology.

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