1971 in Science - Computer Science

Computer Science

  • July 4 - Michael S. Hart posts the first e-book, a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence, on the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's mainframe computer, the origin of Project Gutenberg.
  • November 3 - The UNIX Programmer's Manual is published.
  • November 15 - Intel release the world's first microprocessor, the 4004.
  • end - Ray Tomlinson sends the first ARPAnet e-mail between host computers, at BBN, Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the first use of the @ sign in an address.

Read more about this topic:  1971 In Science

Famous quotes containing the words computer and/or science:

    “Family life is not a computer program that runs on its own; it needs continual input from everyone.”
    —Neil Kurshan (20th century)

    “Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)