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  2. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This landmark document, produced by the University of Illinois, became the basis for subsequent architectural access codes Uniform Federal Accessibility Standard 1984 and the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990. [50] [51]

  3. Macintosh 128K - Wikipedia

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    The computer was released in January 1984 as simply the Apple Macintosh. Following the release of the Macintosh 512K in September, which expanded the memory from 128 KB to 512 KB, the original Macintosh was re-branded Macintosh 128K and nicknamed the "thin Mac". The new 512K model was nicknamed the "fat Mac".

  4. Equal Access Act - Wikipedia

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    Mergens, 496 U.S. 226 (1990) The Equal Access Act is a United States federal law passed as Title VIII of the Education for Economic Security Act in 1984 to compel federally funded public secondary schools to provide equal access to extracurricular student clubs. Lobbied for by Christian groups who wanted to ensure students the right to conduct ...

  5. Access code - Wikipedia

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    Trunk access code, used to dial a domestic call; International access code, ... Access Code, a 1984 film with Macdonald Carey This page was last edited on 17 ...

  6. Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia

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    Animal Farm. Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive ...

  7. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act - Wikipedia

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    The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (CFAA) is a United States cybersecurity bill that was enacted in 1986 as an amendment to existing computer fraud law (18 U.S.C. § 1030), which had been included in the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984. [1] Prior to computer-specific criminal laws, computer crimes were prosecuted as mail and wire ...

  8. LGBT rights in the Northern Territory - Wikipedia

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    The law came into effect on 1 January 1984. [1] [2] The code furthermore banned homosexual anal sex and similar ... Access to trans-related healthcare services is ...

  9. History of the World Wide Web - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The World Wide Web ("WWW", "W3" or simply "the Web") is a global information medium that users can access via computers connected to the Internet. The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet, but the Web is a service that operates over the Internet, just as email and Usenet do.