Computer Science 1033A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Darpa, Marc Andreessen, Sergey Brin

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1033A/B
• Professor: Laura Reid

Document Summary

Penetration rates: how many people within a country are internet savvy". 84. 9% of the population in north america has internet: canada- 83, u. s. - 78% 15000-13000bc: earliest drawings/paintings by humans discovered in france. The first permanent photograph was taken between 1820-1830. First motion picture was in 1878 > the horse in motion . The first full length movie with synchronized dialogue (talkie) was the jazz singer: one of the first full length movies to use colour was the wizard of oz. 1993: the first graphical browser is born (allows us to see web pages containing. 1991: world wide web is finished and debuts (tim berners-lee) 1993: mosaic first graphical browser (web pages with images), by marc andreesen, Erin brina, and tim clark (transformed internet from research to household) 1998: google search engine operates by larry page & sergey brin. 1999: napster debuts, allowing users to download and share mp3s.