Talk:Computer

minor: “See also”

“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)

Done :) OliveYouBean (talk) 01:34, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Linguistics in the Digital Age

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Semi-protected edit request on 30 May 2023

Image Colossus.jpg has wrong footer. Please change:

Computers and computing devices from different eras.
Top row: automatic mechanical calculator (1820) (difference engine), first-generation computer (Colossus computer)
Middle row: early vacuum tube computer (ENIAC), supercomputer (IBM Summit)
Bottom row: video game console (Nintendo GameCube), smartphone (LYF Water 2)

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Colossus, the first electronic digital programmable computing device, was used to break German ciphers during World War II. It is seen here in use at Bletchley Park in 1943. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oriowiki (talk • contribs) 12:07, May 30, 2023 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 13:05, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 November 2023

remove \| from link to category \[\[Category:Computers| \]\] to \[\[Category:Computers\]\] Robert Wünsche (talk) 15:29, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

@Robert Wünsche:  Not done: It's not clear, but I assume that you're referring to the line [[Category:Computers| ]] - this is not a link, it is a category; the evidence is in the rendered page where it shows in the category box at the bottom, and not as a rendered link. If you are asking to remove the pipe and space, these are intentional: see WP:SORTCAT and WP:SORTKEY. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 10:16, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

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)