Iziganeko ezinkulu kwiMbali yeeKomnatha zeKhompyutha

Abantu abachaphazelekayo baye bancedisa ekuphuhliseni iteknoloji yekhompyutheni kwiminyaka emininzi. Eli nqaku lichaza iziganeko eziphambili kwiimpembelelo zokunxibelelana kwekhompyutha.

01 ngo-06

Ukukhutshwa kweNombolo (kunye neModem ye-Dial-Up)

Ikhompyutheni yekhompyutheni kunye nefowuni ukusuka kuma-1960. H. Armstrong Roberts / ClassicStock / Getty Izithombe

Ngaphandle kokufumaneka kwenkonzo yocingo yezwi eyakhiwe nge-1800s, amaza okuqala abantu abaya kwi-Intanethi ayengakwazi ukufumana i-intanethi kwinduduzo yamakhaya abo. Ukuqhagamshela ikhompyutha yedijithali kumgca wefowuni ye-analog ukuze ukwazi ukuhambisa idatha kule ntanethi kuyimfuneko yecandelo elithile le-hardware elibizwa ngokuba yi- modem yokumisa .

Ezi modem zikhona ukususela ngo-1960, okokuqala ukuxhasa isantya se-data esiphantsi sama-bits 300 (0.3 kilobits okanye i-0.0003 megabits) ngesibini (bps) kunye nokuphucula kancane kancane kwiminyaka. Abasebenzisi bokuqala be-Intanethi bavame ukugijima kuma-9,600 okanye ama-14,400 bps. I-modem eyaziwa ngokuba yi "56K" (56,000 bps), esheshayo enokunikezwa ngokunciphisa olu hlobo lolwazi lokuhambisa, ayizange iqulunqwe de kube ngu-1996.

02 we-06

Ukuphakama kweCompuServe

S. Treppoz Uthi nguMongameli we-AOL kunye neCompuServe eFransi (1998). UPatrick Durand / Getty Izithombe
IiNkqubo zeNkcukacha zeCompuServe zakha indawo yokuqala yabasebenzisi be-intanethi, ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba abanikezeli beenkonzo ze-intanethi abaziwayo njengama-America Online (AOL) abekhona. I-CompuServe iphuhlise inkqubo yokushicilela iphephandaba le-intanethi, ukuthengisa okubhaliselwe ukususela ngoJulayi 1980, ifumaneke ngabathengi basebenzisa iimodem zabo eziphantsi. Inkampani yaqhubeka ikhula kuma-1980s ukuya kuma-1990, ikhulisa ukwenza iiforamu zengxowa yoluntu kunye nokuqokelela abathengi abangaphezu kwesigidi. I-AOL ithenge iCompuServe ngo-1997.

03 we-06

Ukudala kwe-intanethi

Imizamo kaTim Berners-Lee nabanye ukudala iWebhusayithi yeWebhu yehlabathi (WWW) eqala kuma-1980 ayaziwa, kodwa iWWW yayingeke kwenzeke ngaphandle kwesiseko esisezantsi senethiwekhi ye-intanethi. Phakathi kwabantu abaphambili abanike isandla ekudaleni i-Intanethi babenguRay Tomlinson (umcebisi we-imeyile inkqubo yokuqala), uRobert Metcalfe kunye noDavid Boggs (abenzi be- Ethernet ), kunye neVinton Cerf noRobert Kahn (abadali be teknoloji emva kweTCP / IP Ngakumbi . ยป

04 we-06

Ukuzalwa kweP2P Ukwabelana ngeFayile

UShawn Fanning (2000). UGeorge De Sota / Getty Images

Umfundi oneminyaka eli-19 ubudala ogama lakhe linguShawn Fanning waphuma kwiikholeji ngo-1999 ukwakha isiqwenga sesofthiwe esibizwa ngeNapster . Ngomhla ka-1 Juni 1999, inkonzo yasekuqaleni yeNefster yokunikezelwa kwefayile yakhishwa kwi-Intanethi. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa, iNapster yaba enye yeefowuni ezithandwa kakhulu kwixesha lonke. Abantu emhlabeni wonke bangena eNapster rhoqo ukuba batshintshe iifayile zomculo kwifomathi ye-digital digital.

UNapster wayeyinkokheli kwindlela yokuqala yokutshatyalaliswa kwefayile (peer-to-peer systems), ukujika iP2P ibe yintlangano yenhlabathi eyenza izigidigidi zokulandwa kweefayile kunye nezenzo zomthetho ezihlawulela izigidi. Inkonzo yokuqala yavalwa emva kweminyaka embalwa, kodwa izizukulwana ezilandelayo zeenkqubo zeP2P eziphambili ezifana neBitTorrent ziyaqhubeka zisebenza kwi-Intanethi kunye nezicelo kwiinkonzo zangasese.

05 ka 06

I-Cisco Iba yiNkampani Yowodwa Eyodwa Eyodwa

UJustin Sullivan / Getty Izithombe

I-Cisco Systems iye yaziwa ngokukhawuleza njengomvelisi ohamba phambili weemveliso zokunxibelelana, ezaziwa kakhulu ngee-routers zazo eziphezulu. Ngaphindela ngo-1998, iCisco yaziqhayisa iindleko zeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni kwaye zaqeshwa abantu abangaphezu kwe-10,000.

Ngomhla wama-27 kuMatshi 2000, iCisco yaba yinkampani ebalulekileyo kwihlabathi esekelwe kwixabiso lemarike yayo. Ulawulo oluphezulu phezulu aluzange lugcine ixesha elide, kodwa ngeli xesha elifutshane ngexesha le-dot-com boom, iCisco ibonisa izinga lokukhukhula kunye nomdla ukuba amashishini onke kwiindawo zokunxibelelana kwekhomputha yekhompyutha athabile ngelo xesha.

06 we-06

Ukuphuhliswa kweeRotters zokuQala kweeKhaya zokuQala

Linksys BEFW11S4 - I-Router-B ye-Wireband Router. linksys.com

Ingcamango yendlela yomnatha wekhompyutha ibuyele kwii-1970 kunye nangaphambili, kodwa ukwanda kweemveliso zeteknoloji zasekhaya zabathengi zaqala ngonyaka ka-2000 kunye neenkampani ezinjengo-Linksys (kamva zifunyanwa yiCisco Systems kodwa inkampani ezizimeleyo ngelo xesha) ikhulula yokuqala imizekelo. Ezi routers zasekhaya zakuqala zisebenzisa i-Ethernet ene-wired njengesixhobo sokuqala senethiwekhi. Nangona kunjalo, kwangoko ekuqaleni kuka-2001, ii-routers zokuqala ezingama- 802.11b ezinjenge-SMC7004AWBR zavela kwimarike, ziqala ukwandiswa kwetheknoloji ye- Wi-Fi kumanethiwekhi emhlabeni jikelele.