History 5: Assignment 34
This is my summary of the inventors and inventions I learned about in lessons one hundred sixty-six through one hundred sixty-nine.
In lesson one hundred sixty-six, I studied the invention of the TCP/IP Internet protocol suite. Robert Kahn and Vint Cerf invented the TCP/IP Internet protocol suite in 1974 as a way for computers to communicate with other hardware. It’s basically a set of instructions that tell the computer how to package, address, transmit, and receive data. The two protocols the suite is made up of are the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP).
In lesson one hundred sixty-seven, I learned about the invention of graphical user interface. Before the graphical user interface – also called the GUI – computers were not user-friendly. They were very difficult to interact with and even harder to program, since it all included flipping switches and plugging in wires. The GUI, invented in 1973, made using a computer much easier. Now, you can simply double click an icon to run a program.
In lesson one hundred sixty-eight, I studied the life of Steve Jobs. Steven Paul Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, and died on October 5, 2011. He was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs, and he watched Paul fix things. Steve Jobs met Steve Wozniak when they were young, and they became friends. Later on, they built and sold the first Apple computer and founded the Apple company together in 1976. Eventually, though, Steve left Apple and founded NeXT, only to return and use the knowledge he’d gained in 1997. He was also the CEO of Pixar up until 2006, when it was bought by Walt Disney.
Last of all, lesson one hundred sixty-nine was about the life of Bill Gates. He was born on October 28, 1955 and became interested in programming at age thirteen. Bill and his friend Paul Allen sold wrote and sold software for Altair, founding Microsoft with him in 1976. Bill hired an old friend named Steve Ballmer to work for Microsoft, and he eventually took over as CEO.
Steve Ballmer made an advertisement for Windows 1.0, and I think it was effective. I believe this because his hyper personality was very grabbing, and his enthusiasm would have compelled people to buy the product. He also used Windows 1.0 in the advertisement, which might add to people’s trust in it.