week two lecture A Short History of Computing and the Internet

This post will summarize the information from week twos lecture.

Lecture 2 - A Short History of Computing and the Internet

The start of computers began by work done by Charles Baggage who created an mechanical computer. Where the first work began was from Alan Turing who created a working electronic computer which helped break the secret German " enigma codes" used in world war two. The first comerical use of computers was be IBM in the 1950s. These were giant computers which were expensive and would be seen as very slow compared to todays technology.

At Xerox PARC the ideas for the first personal computers were created. Soon after this the company apple was formed and had great success in perosnal computers. Another company mircrosoft was formed by bill gates which would provide the software for IBM comoputers. At first they had a small share of the market but this increased and they overtook apples share.


The internet

The internet is an important part of peoples lives in the current world. The internet is a golbal network system that connects a wide range of computers with information. The creation of the world wide web and web explorers allowed the majority of the population acess to the resouses and the ability to create their own web sites for for others to view. Along with this a number of applications including email and file transfer protocol were important in increasing the webs popularity. In more modern times instant messagners, search engines and social network sites have become important