Tarihin Intanet: kwamfuta a matsayin na'urar sadarwa

Tarihin Intanet: kwamfuta a matsayin na'urar sadarwa

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A farkon rabin shekarun 1970s, ilimin halittu na hanyoyin sadarwar kwamfuta ya ƙaura daga ainihin kakannin ARPANET kuma ya faɗaɗa zuwa nau'i daban-daban. Masu amfani da ARPANET sun gano sabon aikace-aikace, imel, wanda ya zama babban aiki akan hanyar sadarwa. 'Yan kasuwa sun fitar da nau'ikan ARPANET nasu don yiwa masu amfani da kasuwanci hidima. Masu bincike a duk duniya, daga Hawaii zuwa Turai, suna haɓaka sabbin nau'ikan hanyoyin sadarwa don biyan buƙatu ko gyara kurakurai da ARPANET ba ta magance su ba.

Kusan duk wanda ke da hannu a cikin wannan tsari ya ƙaurace daga ainihin manufar ARPANET na samar da ikon sarrafa kwamfuta da software a cikin cibiyoyin bincike iri-iri, kowanne yana da nasa albarkatun. Cibiyoyin sadarwar kwamfuta sun zama farkon hanyar haɗa mutane da juna ko tare da tsarin nesa waɗanda ke aiki azaman tushe ko jujjuya bayanan da mutum zai iya karantawa, misali, tare da ma'ajin bayanai ko na'ura mai kwakwalwa.

Licklider da Robert Taylor sun hango wannan yuwuwar, kodayake wannan ba shine manufar da suke ƙoƙarin cimma ba lokacin ƙaddamar da gwajin cibiyar sadarwa na farko. Kasidar su ta 1968 "Kwamfuta a matsayin Na'urar Sadarwa" ba ta da ƙarfi da ƙarancin lokaci na ci gaban annabci a cikin tarihin kwamfutoci da aka samu a cikin labaran Vannevar Bush "Ta yaya za mu yi tunani"Ko Turing's" Injin Lissafi da Hankali ". Koyaya, yana ƙunshe da nassi na annabci game da ginshiƙan hulɗar zamantakewa da tsarin kwamfuta ke sakawa. Licklider da Taylor sun bayyana nan gaba kusa wanda:

Ba za ku aika wasiku ko telegram ba; Za ku kasance kawai kuna gano mutanen da ake buƙatar haɗa fayilolinsu zuwa naku, da kuma waɗanne sassa na fayilolin ya kamata a haɗa su da su, da kuma ƙila ku tantance abin da ke cikin gaggawa. Da kyar ba za ku yi kiran waya ba; za ku nemi hanyar sadarwa ta haɗa ta'aziyyar ku.

Cibiyar sadarwa za ta samar da fasali da ayyuka waɗanda za ku yi rajista da su da sauran ayyukan da za ku yi amfani da su idan an buƙata. Ƙungiya ta farko za ta haɗa da saka hannun jari da shawarwarin haraji, zaɓi na bayanai daga fagen ayyukanku, sanarwar al'adu, wasanni da abubuwan nishaɗi waɗanda suka dace da abubuwan da kuke so, da dai sauransu.

(Duk da haka, labarin nasu ya kuma bayyana yadda rashin aikin yi zai ɓace a duniya, tun da a ƙarshe duk mutane za su zama masu tsara shirye-shirye don biyan bukatun cibiyar sadarwa kuma za su shiga cikin lalatawar shirye-shirye.)

Abu na farko kuma mafi mahimmanci na wannan gaba ta hanyar kwamfuta, imel, ya bazu kamar kwayar cuta a cikin ARPANET a cikin 1970s, ya fara mamaye duniya.

Emel

Don fahimtar yadda imel ɗin ya samo asali akan ARPANET, da farko kuna buƙatar fahimtar babban canjin da ya ɗauki tsarin sarrafa kwamfuta a cikin hanyar sadarwa a farkon shekarun 1970. Lokacin da aka fara ɗaukar ARPANET a tsakiyar shekarun 1960, kayan masarufi da software na sarrafawa a kowane rukunin yanar gizon ba su da wani abu gama gari. Yawancin maki sun mayar da hankali kan na musamman, tsarin kashe ɗaya, misali, Multics a MIT, TX-2 a Lincoln Laboratory, ILLIAC IV, wanda aka gina a Jami'ar Illinois.

Amma a shekara ta 1973, yanayin tsarin kwamfuta na cibiyar sadarwa ya sami daidaito mai yawa, godiya ga nasarar da kamfanin Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) ya samu da kuma shigar da kasuwar kwamfuta ta kimiyya (shi ne tunanin Ken Olsen da Harlan Anderson, bisa la'akari da su). kwarewa tare da TX-2 a Lincoln Laboratory). DEC ta haɓaka babban tsarin PDP-10, wanda aka saki a cikin 1968, ya ba da amintaccen raba lokaci ga ƙananan kungiyoyi ta hanyar samar da kayan aiki da yawa da kuma harsunan shirye-shirye da aka gina a ciki don sauƙaƙa keɓance tsarin don dacewa da takamaiman buƙatu. Wannan shi ne ainihin abin da cibiyoyin kimiyya da dakunan gwaje-gwajen bincike na wancan lokacin suke bukata.

Tarihin Intanet: kwamfuta a matsayin na'urar sadarwa
Kalli PDP nawa ne!

BBN, wanda ke da alhakin tallafa wa ARPANET, ya sanya wannan kit ɗin ya zama mafi ban sha'awa ta hanyar samar da tsarin aiki na Tenex, wanda ya kara ma'anar ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya zuwa PDP-10. Wannan ya sauƙaƙa sosai da gudanarwa da amfani da tsarin, tunda ba lallai ba ne a daidaita saitin shirye-shiryen da ke gudana zuwa adadin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya. BNN ya aika da Tenex kyauta zuwa wasu nodes na ARPA, kuma nan da nan ya zama babbar OS akan hanyar sadarwa.

Amma mene ne alakar wannan duka da imel? Masu amfani da tsarin raba lokaci sun riga sun saba da saƙon lantarki, tun da yawancin waɗannan tsarin sun ba da akwatunan wasiku ta wani nau'i a ƙarshen 1960s. Sun ba da nau'in saƙo na ciki, kuma ana iya musayar wasiƙa tsakanin masu amfani da tsarin iri ɗaya kawai. Mutum na farko da ya fara cin gajiyar samun hanyar sadarwa don tura wasiku daga wannan na'ura zuwa waccan shine Ray Tomlinson, injiniya a BBN kuma daya daga cikin marubutan Tenex. Ya riga ya rubuta wani shiri mai suna SNDMSG don aika wasiku zuwa wani mai amfani akan tsarin Tenex guda ɗaya, da kuma shirin da ake kira CPYNET don aika fayiloli akan hanyar sadarwa. Abin da kawai zai yi shi ne ya yi amfani da tunaninsa kadan, kuma yana iya ganin yadda ake hada wadannan shirye-shirye guda biyu don ƙirƙirar wasikun sadarwa. A cikin shirye-shiryen da suka gabata, sunan mai amfani ne kawai ake buƙata don tantance mai karɓa, don haka Tomlinson ya zo da ra'ayin haɗa sunan mai amfani da gida da sunan mai watsa shiri (na gida ko na nesa), haɗa su da alamar @, da samun lambar waya. Adireshin imel na musamman ga duk hanyar sadarwa (a da ba a cika amfani da alamar @ ba, musamman don alamun farashi: kek 4 @ $2 kowanne).

Tarihin Intanet: kwamfuta a matsayin na'urar sadarwa
Ray Tomlinson a cikin shekarunsa na ƙarshe, tare da sa hannun @ sa hannu a bango

Tomlinson ya fara gwada sabon shirinsa a cikin gida a cikin 1971, kuma a cikin 1972 an haɗa sigar hanyar sadarwar sa ta SNDMSG a cikin sabon sakin Tenex, yana ba da damar wasiƙar Tenex ta faɗaɗa sama da kulli ɗaya kuma ya bazu cikin dukkan hanyar sadarwa. Yawancin injunan da ke gudana Tenex ya ba Tomlinson's hybrid shirin damar kai tsaye ga yawancin masu amfani da ARPANET, kuma imel ɗin ya kasance nasara nan take. Da sauri, shugabannin ARPA sun haɗa amfani da imel a cikin rayuwar yau da kullun. Steven Lukasik, darektan ARPA, ya kasance farkon wanda ya fara riko da shi, kamar yadda Larry Roberts, wanda har yanzu shi ne shugaban sashen kimiyyar kwamfuta na hukumar. Wannan al'ada ba makawa ta wuce ga waɗanda suke ƙarƙashinsu, kuma nan da nan imel ɗin ya zama ɗaya daga cikin ainihin rayuwa da al'adun ARPANET.

Shirin imel na Tomlinson ya haifar da kwaikwayi daban-daban da sabbin ci gaba yayin da masu amfani ke neman hanyoyin inganta aikin sa na yau da kullun. Yawancin sabbin abubuwa na farko sun mayar da hankali kan gyara kurakuran mai karanta wasiƙa. Yayin da wasiku ya wuce iyakokin kwamfuta ɗaya, ƙarar imel ɗin da aka karɓa ta masu amfani da aiki ya fara girma tare da haɓakar hanyar sadarwar, kuma tsarin al'ada na saƙon imel mai shigowa kamar yadda rubutu a sarari ya daina tasiri. Larry Roberts da kansa, ya kasa jurewa yawan sakwanni masu shigowa, ya rubuta nasa shirin na aiki da akwatin saƙo mai lamba RD. Amma a tsakiyar shekarun 1970, shirin MSG, wanda John Vittal na Jami'ar Kudancin California ya rubuta, ya jagoranci tazarar tazarar shahara. Muna ɗaukar ikon cika suna ta atomatik da filayen karɓan saƙon mai fita dangane da mai shigowa a latsa maɓallin. Koyaya, shirin MSG na Vital ne ya fara gabatar da wannan dama mai ban mamaki don "amsa" wasiƙa a cikin 1975; kuma an haɗa shi a cikin saitin shirye-shiryen don Tenex.

Irin waɗannan yunƙurin sun buƙaci gabatar da ma'auni. Kuma wannan shi ne karo na farko, amma ba shine karo na ƙarshe da ƙungiyar kwamfutocin da ke da hanyar sadarwa suke haɓaka ƙa'idodi ba. Ba kamar ƙa'idodin ARPANET na asali ba, kafin kowane ƙa'idodin imel ya fito, an riga an sami bambance-bambance masu yawa a cikin daji. Babu makawa, rikice-rikice da tashin hankali na siyasa sun tashi, sun dogara ne akan manyan takardun da ke kwatanta daidaitattun imel, RFC 680 da 720. Musamman, masu amfani da tsarin aiki na ba-Tenex sun damu da cewa zato da aka samu a cikin shawarwari sun haɗa da siffofin Tenex. Rikicin bai ta'azzara da yawa ba - duk masu amfani da ARPANET a cikin shekarun 1970s har yanzu suna cikin iri ɗaya, ƙananan masana kimiyya, kuma rashin jituwa ba su yi girma ba. Duk da haka, wannan misali ne na yaƙe-yaƙe na gaba.

Nasarar imel ɗin da ba zato ba tsammani ita ce abu mafi mahimmanci a cikin ci gaban ƙirar software na cibiyar sadarwa a cikin 1970s - Layer mafi ƙasƙanci daga bayanan zahiri na hanyar sadarwa. A lokaci guda kuma, wasu mutane sun yanke shawarar sake fasalin Layer "sadarwar" wanda ke gudana daga wannan na'ura zuwa wata.

ALIYU

A cikin 1968, Norma Abramson ya isa Jami'ar Hawaii daga California don ɗaukar matsayi na haɗin gwiwa a matsayin farfesa na injiniyan lantarki da kimiyyar kwamfuta. Jami'arta tana da babban harabar Oahu da harabar tauraron dan adam a Hilo, da kuma kwalejoji da yawa na al'umma da cibiyoyin bincike da suka watsu a cikin tsibiran Oahu, Kauai, Maui da Hawaii. Tsakanin su akwai daruruwan kilomita na ruwa da tsaunuka. Babban ɗakin karatu yana da IBM 360/65 mai ƙarfi, amma yin odar layin hayar daga AT&T don haɗa tasha da ke ɗaya daga cikin kwalejojin al'umma bai kasance mai sauƙi ba kamar na babban ƙasa.

Abramson kwararre ne a tsarin radar da ka'idar bayanai, kuma a wani lokaci ya yi aiki a matsayin injiniyan jirgin saman Hughes a Los Angeles. Kuma sabon muhallinsa, tare da dukkan matsalolinsa na jiki da ke da alaƙa da watsa bayanan waya, ya zaburar da Abramson don fito da wata sabuwar dabara - menene idan rediyo ta kasance hanya mafi kyau don haɗa kwamfutoci fiye da tsarin tarho, wanda, bayan haka, an tsara shi don ɗaukarsa. murya maimakon bayanai?

Don gwada ra'ayinsa da ƙirƙirar tsarin da ya kira ALOHAnet, Abramson ya sami kudade daga Bob Taylor na ARPA. A tsarinta na asali, ba ita ce hanyar sadarwa ta kwamfuta kwata-kwata ba, amma wata hanya ce ta sadarwa ta tashoshin nesa tare da tsarin raba lokaci guda wanda aka kera don kwamfutar IBM da ke cikin harabar Oahu. Kamar ARPANET, tana da kwamfutocin da aka keɓe don aiwatar da fakitin da injin 360/65 ya aika kuma ya aika - Menehune, na Hawaii daidai da IMP. Koyaya, ALOHAnet bai sanya rayuwa ta zama mai rikitarwa kamar ARPANET ba ta hanyar sarrafa fakiti tsakanin maki daban-daban. Maimakon haka, kowane tashar da ke son aika saƙon kawai ta aika ta iska akan mitar da aka keɓe.

Tarihin Intanet: kwamfuta a matsayin na'urar sadarwa
An tura ALOHAnet cikakke a ƙarshen 1970s, tare da kwamfutoci da yawa akan hanyar sadarwa

Hanyar injiniya ta gargajiya don ɗaukar irin wannan bandwidth na watsawa na yau da kullun shine a yanke shi zuwa sassa tare da rarrabuwar lokacin watsa shirye-shirye ko mitoci, da kuma ware sashe ga kowane tasha. Amma don aiwatar da saƙonni daga ɗaruruwan tashoshin tashoshi ta amfani da wannan tsari, zai zama dole a iyakance kowannensu zuwa ɗan ƙaramin adadin da ake da shi, duk da cewa kaɗan ne kawai za su iya aiki. Amma a maimakon haka, Abramson ya yanke shawarar kada ya hana tashoshi aika saƙonni a lokaci guda. Idan saƙonni biyu ko sama da haka sun yi karo da juna, kwamfutar tsakiya ta gano hakan ta hanyar lambobin gyara kuskure kuma kawai ba ta karɓi waɗannan fakitin ba. Da yake ba a sami tabbacin cewa an karɓi fakitin ba, masu aikawa sun yi ƙoƙarin sake aika su bayan wani ɗan lokaci ya wuce. Abramson ya kiyasta cewa irin wannan ƙa'idar aiki mai sauƙi na iya tallafawa har zuwa ɗaruruwan da yawa masu aiki a lokaci guda, kuma saboda yawan sigina da yawa, za a yi amfani da 15% na bandwidth. Duk da haka, bisa ga lissafinsa, ya nuna cewa tare da karuwa a cikin hanyar sadarwa, dukan tsarin zai fada cikin hargitsi na amo.

Ofishin na gaba

Manufar "fakitin watsa shirye-shiryen" Abramson bai haifar da hayaniya da yawa ba da farko. Amma sai aka sake haifuwar ta - bayan 'yan shekaru, kuma riga a kan babban yankin. Wannan ya faru ne saboda sabon Cibiyar Bincike na Palo Alto (PARC) na Xerox, wanda aka buɗe a cikin 1970 daidai kusa da Jami'ar Stanford, a wani yanki da aka yi wa lakabi da "Silicon Valley." Wasu haƙƙin mallaka na xerox na Xerox sun kusa ƙarewa, don haka kamfanin ya yi kasadar samun tarko ta hanyar nasararsa ta hanyar rashin shiri ko rashin iya daidaitawa da haɓakar na'urorin kwamfuta da haɗaɗɗun da'irori. Jack Goldman, shugaban sashen bincike na Xerox, ya gamsu da manyan shugabannin cewa sabon dakin gwaje-gwaje - daban da tasirin hedkwatar, a cikin yanayi mai dadi, tare da albashi mai kyau - zai jawo hankalin basirar da ake bukata don kiyaye kamfanin a kan gaba wajen bunkasa gine-ginen bayanai. . nan gaba.

Tabbas PARC ta yi nasarar jawo ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun kimiyyar kwamfuta, ba wai kawai saboda yanayin aiki da albashi mai tsoka ba, har ma saboda kasancewar Robert Taylor, wanda ya ƙaddamar da aikin ARPANET a 1966 a matsayin shugaban sashen sarrafa bayanai na ARPA. Robert Metcalfe, matashin injiniya mai zafin gaske kuma masanin kimiyyar kwamfuta daga Brooklyn, yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda aka kawo PARC ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa da ARPA. Ya shiga cikin dakin gwaje-gwaje a watan Yuni 1972 bayan ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin ɗalibin digiri na ARPA, yana ƙirƙira hanyar sadarwa don haɗa MIT zuwa hanyar sadarwa. Bayan ya zauna a PARC, har yanzu ya kasance "mai shiga tsakani" na ARPANET - ya zagaya kasar, ya taimaka wajen haɗa sabbin abubuwa zuwa cibiyar sadarwa, kuma ya shirya don gabatar da ARPA a taron Sadarwar Kwamfuta na Duniya na 1972.

Daga cikin ayyukan da ke yawo a kusa da PARC lokacin da Metcalf ya isa akwai shirin da Taylor ya yi na haɗa da yawa ko ma ɗaruruwan ƙananan kwamfutoci zuwa hanyar sadarwa. Shekara bayan shekara, farashi da girman kwamfutoci sun faɗi, suna yin biyayya ga wasiyyar da ba za ta iya karewa ba Gordon Moore. Da yake duban gaba, injiniyoyi a PARC sun hango cewa nan gaba ba da nisa ba, kowane ma'aikacin ofis zai sami nasa kwamfutar. A matsayin wani ɓangare na wannan ra'ayi, sun tsara da kuma gina kwamfutar Alto na sirri, wanda aka rarraba kofe ga kowane mai bincike a cikin dakin gwaje-gwaje. Taylor, wanda imaninsa game da fa'idar sadarwar kwamfuta ya yi karfi a cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata, ya kuma so ya hada dukkan wadannan kwamfutoci tare.

Tarihin Intanet: kwamfuta a matsayin na'urar sadarwa
Alto. Kwamfutar da kanta tana ƙasa, a cikin kabad ɗin girman ƙaramin fridge.

Lokacin da ya isa PARC, Metcalf ya ɗauki aikin haɗa ƙwanƙwasa na PDP-10 na lab zuwa ARPANET, kuma cikin sauri ya sami suna a matsayin "mai haɗin gwiwa." Don haka lokacin da Taylor ke buƙatar hanyar sadarwa daga Alto, mataimakansa sun juya zuwa Metcalf. Kamar kwamfutocin da ke kan ARPANET, kwamfutocin Alto na PARC kusan babu abin da za su ce wa juna. Saboda haka, aikace-aikacen mai ban sha'awa na cibiyar sadarwa ya sake zama aikin sadarwa tsakanin mutane - a cikin wannan yanayin, a cikin nau'i na kalmomi da hotuna da aka buga Laser.

Makullin ra'ayin na'urar bugun laser ba ta samo asali daga PARC ba, amma a Gabashin Gabas, a ainihin dakin gwaje-gwaje na Xerox a Webster, New York. Masanin kimiyyar lissafi na yankin Gary Starkweather ya tabbatar da cewa za a iya amfani da katakon Laser mai daidaituwa don kashe cajin wutar lantarki na gangunan xerographic, kamar yadda hasken da aka watsar da ake amfani da shi wajen yin kwafin har zuwa wannan lokacin. Ƙunƙarar, lokacin da aka daidaita shi da kyau, zai iya zana hoton daki-daki na sabani a kan ganga, wanda za'a iya canza shi zuwa takarda (tun da kawai sassan da ba a caji ba na drum suna ɗaukar toner). Irin wannan na'ura da ke sarrafa kwamfuta za ta iya samar da duk wani nau'i na hotuna da rubutu da mutum zai iya tunani akai, maimakon sake buga takardu kawai, kamar na'urar daukar hoto. Duk da haka, tunanin Starkweather na daji ba su da goyon bayan abokan aikinsa ko manyansa a Webster, don haka ya koma PARC a 1971, inda ya sadu da masu sauraro masu sha'awar. Ƙarfin firinta na Laser don fitar da hotuna na sabani aya da maki ya sa ya zama abokin tarayya mai kyau don aikin Alto, tare da zane-zanen monochrome pixelated. Yin amfani da firinta na Laser, pixels rabin miliyan akan nunin mai amfani za a iya buga su kai tsaye akan takarda tare da cikakkiyar tsabta.

Tarihin Intanet: kwamfuta a matsayin na'urar sadarwa
Bitmap akan Alto. Babu wanda ya taɓa ganin irin wannan a kan nunin kwamfuta a baya.

A cikin kimanin shekara guda, Starkweather, tare da taimakon wasu injiniyoyi da yawa daga PARC, sun kawar da manyan matsalolin fasaha, kuma sun gina wani samfurin aiki na firinta na laser a kan shasi na Xerox 7000 na aiki. Ya samar da shafuka a cikin sauri guda - shafi ɗaya a sakan daya - kuma tare da ƙudurin dige 500 a kowane inch. Halayen janareta da aka gina a cikin firinta da aka buga a cikin rubutun da aka saita. Hotunan sabani (ban da waɗanda za a iya ƙirƙira daga fonts) har yanzu ba a sami tallafi ba, don haka cibiyar sadarwar ba ta buƙatar isar da ragi miliyan 25 a cikin sakan ɗaya ga na'urar bugawa. Koyaya, don mamaye firinta gaba ɗaya, da zai buƙaci bandwidth mai ban sha'awa na hanyar sadarwa don waɗannan lokutan - lokacin da 50 rago a cikin sakan daya ya kasance iyakar ƙarfin ARPANET.

Tarihin Intanet: kwamfuta a matsayin na'urar sadarwa
Na biyu ƙarni na PARC Laser printer, Dover (1976)

Alto Aloha Network

To ta yaya Metcalf ya cika wannan gibin gudun? Don haka mun koma ALOHAnet - ya zama cewa Metcalf ya fahimci fakitin watsa shirye-shiryen fiye da kowa. Shekarar da ta gabata, a lokacin bazara, yayin da yake a Washington tare da Steve Crocker akan kasuwancin ARPA, Metcalfe yana nazarin abubuwan da ke faruwa na babban taron kwamfuta na faɗuwar rana kuma ya sami aikin Abramson akan ALOHAnet. Nan da nan ya gane hazakar ainihin ra'ayin, kuma aiwatar da shi bai yi kyau ba. Ta hanyar yin wasu canje-canje ga algorithm da zato-alal misali, sa masu aikawa su saurara da farko don jira tashar don sharewa kafin yunƙurin aika saƙonni, da kuma ƙara haɓaka tazarar sake aikawa a cikin tashar tashar da aka toshe-zai iya cimma iyakar bandwidth. Rage amfani da kashi 90%, kuma ba ta 15% ba, kamar yadda lissafin Abramson ya nuna. Metcalfe ya ɗauki ɗan lokaci don tafiya zuwa Hawaii, inda ya haɗa ra'ayoyinsa game da ALOHAnet a cikin wani juzu'i na karatun digirinsa bayan Harvard ya ƙi ainihin sigar don rashin tushen ka'idar.

Metcalfe da farko ya kira shirinsa na gabatar da fakitin watsa shirye-shirye zuwa PARC da "ALTO ALOHA network." Bayan haka, a cikin wata sanarwa na Mayu 1973, ya sake sanya mata suna Ether Net, mai nuni ga ether mai haske, ra'ayin zahiri na ƙarni na XNUMX na wani abu mai ɗauke da hasken lantarki. "Wannan zai inganta yaduwar hanyar sadarwa," in ji shi, "kuma wanda ya san abin da sauran hanyoyin watsa siginar zai fi kyau fiye da na USB don watsa shirye-shiryen watsa shirye-shirye; watakila zai zama igiyoyin rediyo, ko wayoyin tarho, ko wutar lantarki, ko mitar telebijin na USB, ko microwaves, ko haɗe-haɗensu.”

Tarihin Intanet: kwamfuta a matsayin na'urar sadarwa
Zane daga Metcalf's 1973 memo

Tun daga watan Yuni 1973, Metcalf ya yi aiki tare da wani injiniyan PARC, David Boggs, don fassara ra'ayinsa na ka'idar don sabon hanyar sadarwa mai sauri zuwa tsarin aiki. Maimakon watsa sigina akan iska kamar ALOHA, ya iyakance bakan rediyon zuwa kebul na coaxial, wanda ya karu da ƙarfi sosai idan aka kwatanta da ƙayyadaddun bandwidth na mitar rediyo na Menehune. Matsakaicin watsawa ita kanta gabaɗaya ta kasance m, kuma ba ta buƙatar kowane mai amfani da hanyar sadarwa don isar da saƙonni. Yana da arha, yana iya haɗa ɗaruruwan wuraren aiki cikin sauƙi- injiniyoyin PARC kawai suna tafiyar da kebul na coaxial ta cikin ginin tare da ƙarin haɗin gwiwa kamar yadda ake buƙata-kuma yana iya ɗaukar ragi miliyan uku a cikin daƙiƙa guda.

Tarihin Intanet: kwamfuta a matsayin na'urar sadarwa
Robert Metcalfe da David Boggs, 1980s, 'yan shekaru bayan Metcalfe ya kafa 3Com don sayar da fasahar Ethernet

A cikin kaka na 1974, cikakken samfurin ofishin na gaba ya kasance yana gudana a Palo Alto - rukunin farko na kwamfutocin Alto, tare da shirye-shiryen zane, imel da masu sarrafa kalmomi, firintar samfuri daga Starkweather da hanyar sadarwar Ethernet zuwa hanyar sadarwa. shi duka. Sabar fayil ta tsakiya, wacce ke adana bayanan da ba za su dace da tuƙin Alto na gida ba, ita ce kawai hanyar da aka raba. PARC da farko ta ba da mai sarrafa Ethernet a matsayin na'ura na zaɓi na Alto, amma lokacin da aka ƙaddamar da tsarin ya bayyana a fili cewa wani yanki ne mai mahimmanci; Akwai tsayayyen saƙon da ke gangarowa, yawancinsu suna fitowa daga na'urar bugawa - rahotannin fasaha, memos, ko takaddun kimiyya.

A daidai lokacin da ci gaban Alto, wani aikin PARC ya yi ƙoƙarin tura ra'ayoyin raba albarkatu zuwa wata sabuwar hanya. The PARC Online Office System (POLOS), ɓullo da kuma aiwatar da Bill English da kuma sauran tserewa daga Doug Engelbart's Online System (NLS) aikin a Stanford Research Institute, ya ƙunshi cibiyar sadarwa na Data General Nova microcomputers. Amma maimakon sadaukar da kowane na'ura don takamaiman bukatun masu amfani, POLOS ya canza aiki a tsakanin su don biyan bukatun tsarin gaba ɗaya ta hanya mafi inganci. Na'ura ɗaya na iya samar da hotuna don allon masu amfani, wani na iya sarrafa zirga-zirgar ARPANET, na uku kuma na iya sarrafa masu sarrafa kalmomi. Amma rikitarwa da haɗin kai na wannan hanyar sun tabbatar da wuce kima, kuma makircin ya rushe ƙarƙashin nauyinsa.

A halin da ake ciki, babu abin da ya nuna kin amincewar da Taylor ya yi game da tsarin hanyar sadarwar raba albarkatu fiye da rungumar aikin Alto. Alan Kay, Butler Lampson, da sauran marubutan Alto sun kawo duk ƙarfin kwamfuta da mai amfani zai iya buƙata zuwa nasa kwamfuta mai zaman kanta akan teburinsa, wanda ba sai ya raba wa kowa ba. Ayyukan hanyar sadarwar ba shine samar da damar yin amfani da nau'ikan kayan aikin kwamfuta ba, amma don isar da saƙonni tsakanin waɗannan tsibiran masu zaman kansu, ko adana su a wani bakin teku mai nisa - don bugu ko adana bayanai na dogon lokaci.

Duk da cewa dukkanin imel da ALOHA an ƙirƙira su ne a ƙarƙashin kulawar ARPA, zuwan Ethernet yana ɗaya daga cikin alamu da yawa a cikin shekarun 1970 cewa hanyoyin sadarwar kwamfuta sun yi girma kuma sun bambanta don kamfani guda ɗaya ya mamaye filin, yanayin da za mu bi da shi. shi a talifi na gaba.

Me kuma za a karanta

  • Michael Hiltzik, Dillalan Walƙiya (1999)
  • James Pelty, Tarihin Sadarwar Kwamfuta, 1968-1988 (2007) [http://www.historyofcomputercommunications.info/]
  • M. Mitchell Waldrop, The Dream Machine (2001)

source: www.habr.com

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