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	:::I don't see him as a glaring omission from this article, as he only invented a particular piece of network software, rather than directly impacting the computer itself. <span style="border-radius:2px;padding:3px;background:#1E816F">]<span style="color:#fff"> ‥ </span>]</span> 02:15, 16 September 2024 (UTC)		:::I don't see him as a glaring omission from this article, as he only invented a particular piece of network software, rather than directly impacting the computer itself. <span style="border-radius:2px;padding:3px;background:#1E816F">]<span style="color:#fff"> ‥ </span>]</span> 02:15, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
	::::Thanks. But it wasn't 'any old' piece of software, was it? How might the computer have developed without it? I'm guessing the majority, or at least a significant percentage, of computer users use their computer for social media and streaming entertainment; do those rely on the WWW? Or would those be possible without it? ] (]) 14:06, 24 September 2024 (UTC)		::::Thanks. But it wasn't 'any old' piece of software, was it? How might the computer have developed without it? I'm guessing the majority, or at least a significant percentage, of computer users use their computer for social media and streaming entertainment; do those rely on the WWW? Or would those be possible without it? ] (]) 14:06, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
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			:::::Desktop and laptop computers were in essentially the same architectural state in 1990 than they are in now, including network capabilities. I concede that the web mattered a lot for the development of mobile computer form factors, but I still think it is okay that we do not mention Berners-Lee by name, given we do not mention Cerf or many other important figures in the history of the Internet, and we only have so much space. <span style="border-radius:2px;padding:3px;background:#1E816F">]<span style="color:#fff"> ‥ </span>]</span> 14:11, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

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“Glossary of computers” and “Glossary of computer hardware terms” both point to the same page. Maybe one should be removed? I can't yet do that because I'm not verified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rafaelbeirigo (talk • contribs) 01:19, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

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Tim Berners-Lee

Hello. I was surprised at the absence of a mention of Tim Berners-Lee in this article, in the section about the internet. Having said that, I'm a perennial novice when it comes to computers, so I wonder if I've been misinformed that he 'invented' the internet (?)/the world wide web (?). I did recheck on Google and it seems that he did, but I'm aware that Google is not God, and I did only glance at the first few results. Paulb2210 (talk) 10:30, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

The Internet is the network of computers themselves and the underlying protocols that make basic communication possible. The Internet was first developed in the mid-20th century, culminating in the the Internet Protocol we presently use first veing published in 1974, authored by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn. Berners-Lee was instead the primary inventor of the World Wide Web in 1990, which is the specific later technology that uses the Internet to share hypertext documents. It's a relatively common error to confuse the two. Remsense ‥ 论 11:22, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, Remsense. Do you think Berners-Lee is worthy of a mention in the article for being the primary inventor of the World Wide Web? Paulb2210 (talk) 13:49, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

I don't see him as a glaring omission from this article, as he only invented a particular piece of network software, rather than directly impacting the computer itself. Remsense ‥ 论 02:15, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. But it wasn't 'any old' piece of software, was it? How might the computer have developed without it? I'm guessing the majority, or at least a significant percentage, of computer users use their computer for social media and streaming entertainment; do those rely on the WWW? Or would those be possible without it? Paulb2210 (talk) 14:06, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

How might the computer have developed without it?

Desktop and laptop computers were in essentially the same architectural state in 1990 than they are in now, including network capabilities. I concede that the web mattered a lot for the development of mobile computer form factors, but I still think it is okay that we do not mention Berners-Lee by name, given we do not mention Cerf or many other important figures in the history of the Internet, and we only have so much space. Remsense ‥ 论 14:11, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

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