3 Computer Programs that have changed the world(easycppcodes.com)

9 pointsby mirceasoaica11 lat temu9 comments

3 Computer Programs that have changed the world

http://www.easycppcodes.com/article/3-computer-programs-that-have-changed-the-world/

6 comments

I don't want to make a competition or correct the author, but I consider Wikipedia, Facebook and Google computer programs as well* and they had even more direct impact on the society rather than databases to organize information (just as example).

* Programs which are multiuser, distributed and offering a UI offered in the browser.

wodenokoto11 lat temu

I'd call those things services, since they are a huge collection of programs, data and to some degree human operation and hardware.

notfoss11 lat temu

Haha, when I read the headline, I immediately thought about gcc and apache httpd.

Got at least one right and one close enough ;)

agumonkey11 lat temu

Came here thinking about visicalc. Important but quite a smaller impact...

aap_11 lat temu

The Linux kernel but not UNIX? gcc but not pcc or dmr's cc? That's a pretty bad list I'd say.

pvaldes11 lat temu

And 'hello world', the program that made the world much more amicable.

nksonfire11 lat temu

That must be named as world's smallest and most famous code.

sabarasaba11 lat temu

Dang, I was thinking about Microsoft Encarta !

nksonfire11 lat temu

I came up with DOS. Sad me