- TCP/IP Internet Protocol Suite
- Graphical User Interface (GUI(pronounced gooey.))
- Steve Jobs
- Bill Gates
TCP/IP Internet Protocol Suite
ARPANET was a government funded project to connect all the mainframe computers onto one network; if the Soviet Union tried to launch an attack on the US with a nuclear bomb and wipe out the country’s counterattacking computer, every one of the others connected to ARPANET would be able to launch a counterattack. Two men named Kahn and Cerf invented the TCP/IP protocol to connect ARPANET to other hardware, like satellites. Kahn was a hardware guy, and Cerf was good at software. TCP/IP tells how the data will be transmitted over the internet. Companies that made computers made add-ons for TCP/IP, and they were built-in on new models. TCP/IP made the Internet possible and we can now get lots of knowledge from anywhere on the planet.
Graphical User Interface
Before GUI, in order to use a computer, you needed to operate a LOT of switches and plugs. Thousands. Xerox invented GUI in its PARC project in 1973. The Graphical User Interface is a display that has no raw code. It uses icons and is much more user friendly. Steve Jobs (below), co-founder of Apple, used this in its Macintosh (The modern day Mac gets its name from Macintosh), one of the most successful PCs of all time. The GUI is used in pretty much every computer operated object with a screen.
Steve Jobs
WWII left California with a great economy. Steve Jobs was born and adopted by the Jobs family. At the age of 26, Jobs and his friend founded Apple computer in Job’ garage. Jobs had many accomplishments in his life. He invented the Mac, he founded apple, which would go on to invent the Apple watch, the iPod, and iPhone. He knew what the costumers wanted. He helped start Pixar. He also put the mouse and GUI into widespread use.
Bill Gates
The Altair was the most friendly user interface when Bill Gates was a teenager. He dropped out of Harvard University to write BASIC for Altair. He co-founded Microsoft the same year Jobs founded Apple: 1976. Microsoft developed Windows, and Microsoft Office, two of the most popular items on the computer market. I’m using Windows 10 right now. Gates’ old friend, Steve Ballmer, eventually became CEO of Microsoft when Bill sort-of retired. Bill Gates made computing even more popular than Jobs did.
Steve Ballmer with Windows 1.0: Bonus Question
Q-Do you think the Steve Ballmer Ad for windows 1.0 was effective? Why or why not?
A-Ballmer is a very enthusiastic man. All the new benefits he mentions in the ad are very convincing. The pricetag is a lot cheaper than it is today. I think it was very effective.