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The document provides a history of communication technologies from 2900 BC to 1979. Key developments include the earliest written languages in ancient Egypt, the invention of the printing press in 1455, Samuel Morse inventing the Morse code in 1835, and Alexander Graham Bell patenting the telephone in 1876. In the 1950s, mainframe computers were connected via dumb terminals, and data was processed in batches. The personal computer was invented in the 1970s, allowing for standalone data processing. ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, launched in 1969, and the first cellular network started in 1979.

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The document provides a history of communication technologies from 2900 BC to 1979. Key developments include the earliest written languages in ancient Egypt, the invention of the printing press in 1455, Samuel Morse inventing the Morse code in 1835, and Alexander Graham Bell patenting the telephone in 1876. In the 1950s, mainframe computers were connected via dumb terminals, and data was processed in batches. The personal computer was invented in the 1970s, allowing for standalone data processing. ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, launched in 1969, and the first cellular network started in 1979.

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Lesson 1: History of Communication

IT 106 - Networking 1

2900BC Ancient Egypt


1714 - England
 The first standardized written language
 Henry Mill patents the first typewriter

776BC Athens 1793 - France


 The first recorded use of homing pigeons to send  Claude Chappe invented the first visual semaphore.
messages.

1821 - England
14AD - Rome  Charles Wheatstone invented the first telegraph and
microphone.
 The first postal service established

100AD - China
1825 - France
 The invention of paper as we know it today.
 Joseph Nicephore Niepce achieves the first
photographic image.

1455 - Germany
 Johannes Guttenberg invents the first printing
press.
1831- USA
 Joseph Henry Invents the first electric telegraph.

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1835 1944 – USA


 Samuel Morse invents “Morse Code”  Harvard IBM Mark 1 computer pioneers the
beginning of the information age.

1876 – USA (Boston)


 Alexander Graham Bell patents the first telephone.
1951
 Computers are first sold commercially.

1962
1899 – Denmark
 Telstar was the first communications satellite
 Valdemar Poulsen invents the first magnetic
launched into space.
storage medium.

1902 – United Kingdom 1966


 Guglielmo Marconi transmits the first radio signal  Xerox invents the Telecopier - the first successful
across the Atlantic Ocean. fax machine.

1925 – United Kingdom 1969


 John Logie Baird demonstrated the first television  ARPANET - the first Internet started.
in London.

1979 - Japan
 First cellular phone communication network
started.
1930 – USA
 First television broadcast in USA

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4. Data was only being processed in batches;


Famous Computer Codes in early 1960
updated information was not readily available.
★ CCITT (Consultative Committee on
Standalone Computers
International Telegraphy and Telephony)
○ 5-bit code used for telex transmission  PC’s own processor and storage allowing it to
process data on its own.
★ EBCDIC (Extended Binary-Coded-Decimal
Interchange Code
○ An 8-bit code mainly for mainframe
computers
★ ASCII (American Standard Code for
Information Interchange)
○ A 7-bit code for personal and mobile
computers
Sneakernet
★ Extended ASCII
○ An 8-bit code also used for personal  Storing the files in a floppy disk and physically
moving the floppy disk to the PC.
and mobile computers

Data Communications and Computers

 In the 1950s, communications between data


processing equipment started to pick up.

Mainframe environment Supporting the way we live

 Dumb terminals are connected to a huge host


computer.

Components of Network

Limitations:
1. Sender
1. The system is confined to a single area, usually
in just one room in a building.
2. Receiver
2. Mainframes were too large and too expensive 3. Message
for everyone to own. 4. Media
3. Terminals can only access the host computer 5. Protocol
to which it is physically connected.

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Networking Symbols

InterNetworks (Internet)

Networking Basics

★ “Networking” is a combination of
techniques, physical connections, and
computer programs used to link two or
more devices.
★ Network users are able to share files,
printers, and other resources; send
electronic messages; and run programs
on other computers.”

Local Area Network (LAN)

Wide Area Network (WAN)

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