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==Background== Historically, the dot-com boom can be seen as similar to a number of other technology-inspired booms of the past, including [[Railway mania|railroads]] in the 1840s, automobiles in the 1900s, [[radio]] in the 1920s, [[television]] in the 1940s, [[transistor]] electronics in the 1950s, computer time-sharing in the 1960s, and [[Home computer|home computers]] and [[biotechnology]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Jim |date=December 6, 2016 |title=One of the kings of the '90s dot-com bubble now faces 20 years in prison |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/where-are-the-kings-of-the-1990s-dot-com-bubble-bust-2016-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011053734/https://www.businessinsider.com/where-are-the-kings-of-the-1990s-dot-com-bubble-bust-2016-12 |archive-date=October 11, 2018 |access-date=October 11, 2018 |work=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref>
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