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From the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, published in 1968
The astronauts in 2001 use what are today known as tablets to diagnose problems with the Discovery One spaceship, communicate with Earth, and gather data. The first commercially available tablets appeared at the turn of the millennium.
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