Identify the correct order of the following developments in the history of computing from the oldest to the more recent.

1.Facebook

2.Internet

3.Calculator machine

4.Computer mouse

5.Programming language

A1, 2, 3, 4, 5

B3, 2, 5, 1, 4

C3, 4, 2, 5, 1

D3, 5, 4, 2, 1 ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) 3, 5, 4, 2, 1

Explanation

From oldest to newest the order is calculator machine, programming language, computer mouse, internet, then Facebook.

The calculator machine is oldest, with mechanical calculators dating back to the seventeenth century.

Programming languages followed, emerging in the 1950s with early high level languages.

The computer mouse was invented in the 1960s by Douglas Engelbart.

The internet grew from ARPANET in 1969 and became widely used in later decades.

Facebook is the most recent, launched in 2004.

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