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Ones and Zeros
The Indian scholar Pingala (circa 5th–2nd centuries BC) developed mathematical concepts for describing prosody, and in so doing presented the first known description of a binary numeral system.
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This Day in Information: Ethernet Patent
Today in 1977, Bob Metcalfe, David Boggs, Charles Thacker, and Butler Lampson received a patent for the Ethernet, titled “Multipoint Data Communication System with Collision Detection.” On January 18, 1993, Metcalfe published an InfoWorld column titled “Will there be any … Continue reading
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This Day in Information: Birth of Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Internet
Today in 1768, the first weekly installment of the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was published in Edinburgh, Scotland.
This Day in Information: First Computer Science PhD
Today in 1965, Richard L.Wexelblat was the first candidate in a computer science program to complete a dissertation. Many doctorate candidates had performed computer-related work, but Wexelblat’s diploma, presented by the University of Pennsylvania, was the first one to carry … Continue reading
InfoStory Link of the Day: Apple’s First Logo
The Economist’s science and technology blog, Babbage, takes a look at the recently auctioned Apple-1 and reproduces Apple’s 1976 logo. Says Babbage: “It depicts Isaac Newton sitting under a tree with an apple about to fall on his head. The inscription … Continue reading
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Bob Metcalfe, October 2009
Bob Metcalfe has been involved—as a direct catalyst or a prominent observer—in a number of key milestones spanning the evolution of the IT industry: the birth of the Internet, the invention of Ethernet and local area networks, and the rapid … Continue reading
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