COMST 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Arpanet, Web 2.0, Douglas Engelbart

• School: Iowa State University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMST 330
• Professor: Ruble Racheal

Document Summary

First digital computer invented at isu (atanasoff-barry computer (1937-1942): contributed to our computers today: Binary digits represented all numbers and data. Calculations used electronics (not wheels, mechanical switches) 1950: douglas engelbart thought about how we might use computers to deal with symbols (rather than just numbers: convinced computers could be used for everyday tasks. 1960"s and 70"s: us dept. of defence advanced research projects agency (darpa: arpanet developed in the late 60"s was a precursor to the internet, first message sent between computers: 1969. 1980"s: more and more people came "online: specific networks under "host, bbs: bulletin board systems. Early 90"s: html created, www developed, first dial-up services available. October 24, 1995: federal networking council (fnr) passed a resolution defining the. Over 3. 4 billion internet users today (40% of population) Developed in early 1990"s - move from text-based to multimedia. Allowed for all kinds of content: web boards, blogs, wikis, social network sites, video and photo sharing sites.