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West Palm Beach is in the county of Palm Beach which has more than 2000 square miles of territory. The county is larger than either Rhode Island or Delaware. |
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West Palm Beach has commercial fishing and is a center for the research and production of aeronautical and electronic equipment. |
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In 1966, IBM bought acreage in Boca to construct a company facility, helping to institute the city’s prominence as a center for technology industries. One of the items developed by the company’s employees was the IBM PC, a little machine that in years since has changed the face of American society immeasurably. |
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