History of Computing and internet

By anonuser

  • TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) was invented by Vinton Cerf, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and Robert Kahn

    TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) was invented by Vinton Cerf, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and Robert Kahn
    TCP/IP is a protocol containing 4 or 5 layers which is less than the OSI model which has 7 layers. This with DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) allowed for realistic communication between computers and is still the default. Nowadays TCP is the most used because it provides reliability by verifying all packets with a hash sum and request a resend of the packet if it's incorrect.

  • World Wide Web was invented by Timothy Berners-Lee

    World Wide Web was invented by Timothy Berners-Lee
    Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web and many of its underlying technologies like HTML (HyperText Markup Language), URI (Uniform Resource Identifier), and HTTP (Hyperext Transfer Protocol). He also developed the first web server which was httpd and he developed the first web browser called WorldWideWeb but was later renamed to nexus so people wouldn't confuse it with World Wide Web as an information system.

  • Linus Torvalds created Linux

    Linus Torvalds created Linux
    The linux kernel is now being used by programmers, super computers, mobile phones (android), and almost all IOT devices (AKA smart devices).

  • Universal Serial Bus was created

    Universal Serial Bus was created
    To make the personal computer easier for the general public they chose to create a standard called the universal serial bus. This made it so that a computer wouldn't need a dedicated port for everything and allowed for people to easily add things like ethernet, keyboards, scanners and printers without a dedicated port for every different thing and company. The USB 2.0 is believed to have been the cause of the end of floppy disks and other ports. The USB was created by Ajay Bhatt

  • Kubernetes was released

    Kubernetes was released
    kubernetes also called k8s is an open source tool allowing orchestation of linux containers through declarative configuration and automation. It was open sourced by google that had been using it internally for years. It allowed companies to have multiple servers running the same thing and using the same storage. It allowed companies to create clusters and easily be able to scale for more workload. Kubernetes is essential for cloud computing.