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  2. Al Gross (engineer) - Wikipedia

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    Al Gross (engineer) Irving " Al " Gross ( / ɡroʊs /; February 22, 1918 – December 21, 2000) was a pioneer in mobile wireless communication. He created and patented many communications devices, specifically in relation to an early version of the walkie-talkie, [1] Citizens' Band radio, [2] the telephone pager [2] and the cordless telephone. [3]

  3. Pager - Wikipedia

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    Pager. A pager, also known as a beeper or bleeper, [1] is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric or voice messages. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response pagers and two-way pagers can also acknowledge, reply to, and originate messages using an internal transmitter. [2]

  4. History of mobile games - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The popularisation of mobile games began as early as 1997 with the introduction of Snake preloaded on Nokia feature phones, demonstrating the practicality of games on these devices. Several mobile device manufacturers included preloaded games in the wake of Snake's success. In 1999, the introduction of the i-mode service in Japan allowed ...

  5. Hunt the Wumpus - Wikipedia

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    Playable versions of Hunt the Wumpus and Hunt the Wumpus 2 as published by Creative Computing (1977) can be found at the Internet Archive; A playable version of Wumpus 3, aka Super Wumpus, as published by the People's Computer Company (1974) can be found at the Internet Archive; Game manual for the TI-99/4A version of Hunt the Wumpus

  6. The history of the American phone book - AOL

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    1878: First phone directory printed in Connecticut. Telegraph manager George Coy of New Haven, Connecticut, developed an exchange—the system that allows people to call each other—within a year ...

  7. Time Zone (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Time Zone is a multi-disk graphical adventure game written and directed by Roberta Williams for the Apple II.Developed in 1981 and released in 1982 by On-Line Systems (later Sierra Entertainment), the game was shipped with six double-sided floppy disks and contained 1,500 areas (screens) to explore along with 39 scenarios to solve.

  8. 'Wait, What Did You Say?' 125 Tongue-Twisting Telephone Game ...

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    125 Best Telephone Game Phrases. 1. A dog chooses shoes to chew. 2. A guppy in a shark tank. 3. Alice anxiously ate eight apples. 4. Bacon and eggs.

  9. Internet Archive - Wikipedia

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    The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle. [1] [2] [4] It provides free access to collections of digitized materials including websites, software applications, music, audiovisual and print materials. The Archive also advocates for a free and open Internet.