This dimension groups computing concepts by the era in which they first emerged. Wikipedia notes that "the fundamental concern of computer science is determining what can and cannot be automated," a concern whose answers have grown and changed across every era of the field. Browsing by origin era lets a visitor compare concepts that arose in the same period.
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1. Wikipedia: Computational complexity theory
WikipediaComputational complexity theory, History sectionQuote, Computational complexity theory, History section
The field began to flourish in 1971 when Stephen Cook and Leonid Levin proved the existence of practically relevant problems that are NP-complete.
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