Lecture 2

HISTORY OF COMPUTING AND THE INTERNET

1950s – IBM first commercially produces computers. The machines were big, unwieldy and expensive. The machines was used by the military, government and corporate work

1960s – “The idea of internet”. Create a network who could survive a nuclear war.

1965 Moors law - the capacity of microchips doubles every two years.

1975 – first personal computer released. Bill Gates started writing BASIC for Alt Air, who could be used for simple applications. (Word processing, basic accounting, simple games) Gates started the company Microsoft in his garage.

1978 – Apple II was launched at the West Coast Computer Fair.

1979 – Apple bought an application that turned the PC from a toy to a business tool.

1980s – Microsoft windows released. IBM and Microsoft market leaders.

1990s – GNU/Linux a free operating system was released.

- The WorldWideWeb released.