The Brief History of the Computer - Early 20th Century
- Computer Scientist, Grace Cobol creates the first computer language which became to be known as COBOL in 1953.
- The integrated circuit, known as the computer chip was created by Jack Kirby and Robert Noyce in 1958.
- Douglas Engelbart proposes a modern computer prototype that combines a mouse and a graphical user interface(GUI) in 1964.
- Tim Berners-Lee, an English programmer and scientist creates HyperText Markup Language(HTML). He also coined the term,
World Wide Web.
It includes the first browser, a server, HTML and URLs in 1990.
- Sergey Brin and Larry Page created the Google Search Engine at Stanford University in 1996.
- WIFI, an abbreviation of
wireless fidelity
is created originally covering up a range of 300 feet in 1999.
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