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IT 130 -- Project Proj2
History of Computing

• Important: Set the fonts and colors for your HTML page in an inline style for the body tag. 10% of your grade for this project will be on your (hopefully creative) choice of text color, background color and font.
   
• Describe two events from the Computing Science Chronology: http://www.thocp.net or from the Hobbes' Internet Timeline v7.0:   http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/. Give the date of each event and explain why you think the events are interesting or important.
   
• Do not include events that are listed in A Brief History of Computing and the Internet.
   
• Do not use the invention of Fortran or the Intel Chip for your two events.
   
• Do not submit a file containing Lorem Ipsum text.
   
• You should have two or more paragraphs per event. You can find more information about your event using Google if the above links do not have much information on your chosen topic.
   
• Deductions will be made
   
  
  for poor spelling or grammar in your submission.
   
  if you do not explain why you think the event you chose is interesting or important.
   
  if you choose the topics The Fortran Language was Invented or Intel Introduces the Pentium Chip.
   
  
• Your submission must be in the form of an HTML file (extension .htm) and must be uploaded so that it can be viewed at the URL http://students.depaul.edu/~ssmith/proj2.htm (replace smith by your username.)
   
• You must also submit a link containing the URL of the uploaded HTML page as a comment in COL.
   
• Do not submit the HTML file directly.