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The Pascaline
This early mechanical device was created by Blaise Pascal. The devices basic fuction was to preform simple addition and subtraction problems, however it counts as a forebearer to modern computational devices because that's all they truely do. Although we don't know precisely when this device was created we do know it was at some time in 1642. -
Switching Algebra
This simple idea in mathmatics was one of the key things needed to create a computer. All it is is a simple algebraic system consisting of two values. It was developed by George Boole in the 1850s in his books, "The Mathmatical analysis of Logic" and "The Mathmatical Analysis of Thought". -
The Zuse Z3
The first true computers were not seen until the 1940's with one of the earliest examples of this being Konrad Zuse's Z3 his third attempt at a computer after the Z1, and Z2. This device was finished in 1941, and used by the Nazi regime to analyze data on wing flutter so as to better design planes. -
Batch Operating Systems
The Batch OS was created to help the computer 'figure out' how to best run its systems in an efficient manner. It was the first major case of an operating system as we see them today. -
Basic
Basic was used in order to teach students coding in the early days of computing. It is often considered the simpleist form of coding. Eventually it would grow to be used out in the public due to the ease with which one could learn it. -
DARPA
The governemental orginization known as DARPA started to link computer's together in a way which would eventually create the Internet. This proto-internet was used to share files throughout this research division, quickly and effectively. This project was called ARPNET. -
The 'Mini' Computer
As technology improved, so did the computers which were made, slowly but surely they shrunk to the size of a small fridge! And then to the size of a slightly smaller fridge! And eventually the computer shrunk until you could fit it in the corner of your house! With the release of the MITS Altair 8800 in 1974. -
Computer Programing languages
Although programing language had been with us since the invention of the Z3, it wasn't until the 70s that this tounge would be refined into something like C++ which was made in 1979 -
AOL
AOL was founded in 1983, and quickly became one of the largest mail sharing companies in the world. By offering various Dial up services, AOL allowed people to experience the internet in ways never thought possible. Like letting people pay by the minute to send a message! -
Perl
Perl was designed by Larry Wall in order to make report processing easier. The language is often seen as the "Ducktape of the Internet" as its general flexability allows it to take on a variety of tasks, and with enough creativity someone can do just about anything with it. -
THE INTERNET IS BORN
in 1988 the various packet sharing processes such as ARPNET finally merged with their European counterpart which created the multi-national internet we see today! The true birth of the internet had finally happened! Who has the candles, and party hats? -
Java
Ryan Gosling, Mike Sheridand, and Patrick Naughton initiated the Java language project in June of 1992. The goal they had in mind was to create a programing language for the interactive television market. When this failed the owners of Java who had hired Gosling, Sheirland, and Naughton to create this language converted it so that it could be used in pop ups for said websites. -
The World Wide Web
Although the Internet had been forged by uniting the various packet sharing services across the world, it still was not accessible to the common man. That would change with the creation of the first web browser, and the creation of the HTTP, and HTML protocol. -
Visual Basic
Basic is what it sounds like, the simplist programing language that there is. Visual basic is a simple programing language which is most often used in order to teach new comers coding. It was developed in order to allow non-computer people to learn how to code. -
Dial up
The dial up service opened up the web to common people. Through allowing them to pay by the minute to access certian the company server. These were the first internet providers, and would eventually be replaced by broadband,
