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: Moore's law
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The observation is named after Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel and former Chief Executive Officer of the latter, who in 1965 noted that the number of components per integrated circuit had been doubling every year, and projected that this rate of growth would continue for at least another decade.
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