互联网的兴起是人类历史上最具变革性的发展之一，其影响堪比印刷机和电报的发明。

The rise of the Internet has been one of the most transformative developments in human history, comparable in impact to the invention of the printing press and the telegraph.

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在20世纪初，有四种远距离传送信息和接收信息的有效方式：印刷、摄影、电报和电话。

At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were four powerful means of transmitting and receiving information over long distances: print, photography, telegraph and telephone.

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当时爱迪生正因为他的电报印刷，复合电报，电话的改进和全新的留声机这些玩意儿扬名四方，并且进账颇多。

Edison was riding high on the fame and profits from his gadgets for telegraph printing, multiplex telegraphy, telephone improvements and the brand-new phonograph.

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