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Six milestones in digital society
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Integrated circuit (1958), microprocessor (1971), personal computer (1981), the internet (ARPANET 1969), online social networks (2000s), mobile and cloud (2007 onwards).
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Internet vs World Wide Web
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The internet is the network of networks. The web is ONE service on it — linked documents fetched by a browser. Proposed 1989, public 1991.
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Why did the microprocessor matter?
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A whole processor on one chip, so computing could be embedded in other products instead of occupying a room.
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The pattern across all milestones
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Smaller and cheaper, and more connected. Almost everything else in the course follows from those two forces.
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