1904 – Computer Pioneer George Stibitz Born
While at Bell Labs, George Stibitz pioneers the principles of
relay-based computing. His original design, the “Model K,” was a binary adder
that was named after its place of original design, Stibitz’s kitchen table. The
“Model K” and Stibitz’s further research formed the groundwork for Bell Labs’
Complex Number Calculator, which was the first remotely accessed computer via a
Teletype machine. He later pursued his research interests at Dartmouth College
as a member of its faculty. Stibitz passed away in 1995.
1916 – Information Theory Pioneer Claude Shannon Born
Claude Shannon is born in Gaylord, Michigan. Known as the inventor of
information theory, Shannon is the first to use the word “bit.” Shannon, a
contemporary of John von Neumann, Howard Aiken, and Alan Turing, sets the stage
for the recognition of the basic theory of information that could be processed
by the machines the other pioneers developed. He investigates information
distortion, redundancy and noise, and provides a means for information
measurement. He identifies the bit as the fundamental unit of both data and
computation.
1993 – World Wide Web Transferred to Public Domain
You may see www, but it’s true meaning in World Wide Web. Tim
Berners-Lee wrote WorldWideWeb during the 1990, while working for CERN. He did
it on a NeXT Computer and developed it for the NeXTSTep platform (which Apple
bought and turned into Mac OS X). But it was today that was most momentous, as
the World Wide Web entered in the public domain. That meant anyone could access
without license fees. Now a person could apply style sheets or post media on
the web. The initial web browser was also the web editor.
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