Hayes-Compatible

Dennis C. Hayes invents the PC modem in 1977. The new communication device for the PC is critical technology that allows the Internet to eventually emerge and grow. The Hayes Communications company establishes the de facto standard for microcomputer modems being aptly described as "Hayes-Compatible."
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ASCII

The American Standards Association publishes the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) in 1963. ASCII codes are used to standardize data exchange among computers, communications equipment, and control devices. ASCII is adopted by all U.S. computer manufacturers except IBM, which develops a proprietary character code for its mainframe computers.
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The History of Computers

"It seems reasonable to envision a 'thinking center' that will incorporate the functions of present-day libraries. With the anticipated advances in information storage and retrieval, the picture readily enlarges itself into a network of such centers, connected to one another and to individual users by wide-band communication lines." J.C.R. Licklider, 1960.
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Sand Hill Road

Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California is notable for its concentration of venture capital companies. Its significance as a symbol of private equity in the United States is matched only by that of Wall Street. For several years during the Dot com boom of the late 1990s, commercial real-estate on Sand Hill Road was more expensive than anywhere else in the United States.
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Visual Basic

Microsoft's Visual Basic 3.0 is released in the summer of 1993. By this time, Visual Basic has become enormously popular as a fast and easy way of developing business applications for Windows. By incorporating Visual Basic Controls (VBX), Microsoft spawns the first commercially viable market for reusable software components. The result is a large third party market of VBX controls for sale.
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The History of Computers

The Federal Communications Commission is created by U.S. Congress in June 1934. A month later, the FCC begins merging regulations from the Federal Radio Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Postmaster General into one agency. Today, the agency has extensive oversight of new communications technologies, such as satellite, microwave, and private radio communications.
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The Webmaster

The job title Webmaster originates in the mid 1990s as companies look to hire the necessary personnel capable of deploying and maintaining a website. The Webmaster job has very broad responsibilities such as information architecture, designing and developing web pages, web scripting and programming, and overseeing the management of e-commerce capabilities.
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