[today in history] June 3: Microsoft launched Bing search engine; Larry Roberts starts ARPANET; The father of Visual Basic was born

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It's today 2022 year 6 month 3 Japan , stay 1997 Years of today , China Internet Network Information Center （CNNIC） To form a . China Internet Network Information Center is approved by the state competent department , On 1997 year 6 month 3 The management and service organization established on , To perform the duties of the national Internet Information Center . As the builder and operator of China's information society infrastructure , China Internet Network Information Center “ Provide services for Internet users in China , Promote the health of China's Internet 、 Orderly development ” For the purpose , Responsible for the management and maintenance of China's Internet address system , Lead the development of China's Internet address industry , Authoritative release of China's Internet Statistics , Participate in the international Internet community on behalf of China . Review the history of the Internet 6 month 3 Japan , What other key events have happened on this day ？

1952 year 6 month 3 Japan ：Visual Basic The father of Alan Cooper born

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American programmer Alan · Cooper （Alan Cooper） Born in 1952 year 6 month 3 Japan , He is an advocate of interaction design , Now I run a design company , And write a book about how to make the user interface of the software more humanized . Cooper is sometimes called Visual Basic The father of , Although most of the work is done by Microsoft's internal development team , But for Windows The idea of visual design tool comes from Cooper .2017 year 4 month 28 Japan , Allen was inducted into the Museum of computer history Hall of Fellows, His reasons for being selected are ： “ He was in Visual BASIC The visual development environment was invented in , He has contributed pioneering work in establishing the field of interaction design and its basic tools .”

Cooper grew up in Marin County, California , He studied at Marin College as a student , Learn architectural design . At first, programming was just a tool for him to make a living , He studied programming and worked on contract programming , To pay for college expenses .1975 year , With the advent of the first microcomputer , Allen · Cooper founded his first company in Oakland, California after graduation Structured Systems Group（SSG）, Become one of the first microcomputer software companies . This is the beginning of Cooper's career as a software developer , It is also the beginning of microcomputer software business . Final , Cooper is 1980 Before selling his shares in the company in , A total of more than a dozen original products have been developed .

With the experience of developing a large number of tools , Cooper in 1988 Created a visual programming language in , And for Bill · Gates showed it and sold it to him . Microsoft initially decided not to use the product as a user Shell Release , But to transform it into QuickBASIC programing language Visual Basic Professional development tools for , The language is widely used in Windows Computer business application development .Visual Basic Opened up a new market , Many startup software companies can rely on it to 1990 Time will Windows Software to market .1994 year , bill · Gates awarded Cooper the first Windows Pioneer Award , In recognition of his contribution to the software industry . In his speech, , Gates specifically mentioned the creation of Cooper VBX Interface innovation .

In the later career , Cooper has been studying interaction design and user experience .1992 year , In response to the rapidly integrated software industry ,Cooper Start consulting other companies , Help them design more user-friendly applications ; He began to write books on computer interaction design , His ideas helped drive the user experience movement , And defined what became known as “ Interaction design ” Technology of . Also from the 1992 Year begins , Cooper opened a house in his own name called Cooper The company , Start offering training courses to the public , Including interaction design 、 Service design 、 Visual design and design leadership .2017 year ,Cooper The company became Wipro Digital Strategic Design Department of the company Designit Part of , Until it 2020 year 5 month 29 It was completely closed down on the th .

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1968 year 6 month 3 Japan ：Larry Roberts For the first time to start ARPANET

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1963 year , Laurence · Gilman · Roberts （Lawrence Gilman Roberts） Get a Ph. D. from MIT , And started working in Lincoln lab . Reading. JCR Licklider On 1961 Published in “ Interstellar computing network ”（intergalactic computer network） After his seminal paper , Roberts was interested in using computer networks for time sharing .

here we are 1967 year , Although Roberts was reluctant at first , But he was ARPA Robert of the office of information processing technology · Taylor （Robert Taylor） employ , Become ARPANET （ARPANET） Project manager of . Tyler also hired expert Frank · Westwell explored the initial design of the network . Roberts prepared a proposal for the project , That is to connect all hosts directly to each other . Tyler and Wesley · Clark disagrees with this simple and crude design , Instead, it advocates the use of dedicated computers to create a message exchange network , Build a hub .

At the operating system principle seminar that year , Roberts released the plan based on Clark's information transformation proposal . There? , He met Donald · Davis' team , They introduced their ongoing research on packet switching , It is suggested to use it in ARPANET . Roberts readily accepted , Davies' concept of packet switching is also applied to ARPANET . Roberts immediately set out to build “ Distributed network ”, Staffing and engineering went well , With the continuous improvement and perfection of the plan , Roberts successively drew hundreds of network connection design drawings on the drawings , Make its structure mature day by day .

1968 year , Roberts submits research report 《 A resource-sharing computer network 》, One of the focus is to let “ The path ” The computers are connected to each other , So that people can share their research results . The department of defense that was created by the report “ Advanced research projects network ”, Is famous for “ ARPANET ”, larry · Roberts became “ The father of ARPANET ”. 6 month 3 Japan , ARPANET officially completed , It has been started internally for the first time , Running successfully . Roberts is still 20 century 70 I came into contact with in the early s AT&T, The American telecommunications company wants to take over ARPANET , Provide public packet switching services , But it was rejected in the end .1969 end of the year , ARPANET was put into operation , The Internet has ushered in a new era .

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2009 year 6 month 3 Japan ： Microsoft launches Bing search engine

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Microsoft Bing （Microsoft Bing） It is a web search engine launched by Microsoft . Bing's history can be traced back to Microsoft 1998 Released in the third quarter of MSN Search, Its search results are Looksmart and Inktomi Etc ;2006 year 3 month 8 Japan , Microsoft released Windows Live Search The public beta version of , And in the same year 9 month 11 Let it replace MSN Search, The engine also started using the Search tab ; The following year 3 month , Microsoft compared it with Windows Live Separate , And changed its name Live Search. in the meantime , Its sub services have been restructured many times 、 close .

Microsoft realized that , as long as “Live” The word remains in the name , Its service will have problems . To create a new identity for Microsoft's search service ,Live Search Name of on 2009 year 6 month 3 The sun was replaced by Bing .Bing The term was chosen by the issue group , The etymology comes from Richard, a cardiologist · 苪苪苪苪苪苪苪苪苪苪苪 , Microsoft thinks the name is not only short , And easy to spell 、 Easy to remember , Microsoft also wants to write it into its search service URL in . This word will remind people of “ When you discover something new and make up your mind ” Sounds made . This word is also associated with “bingo” Very similar , It is used to indicate that something has been found or realized , It's like playing Bingo When I won .

Microsoft Vice President Yusuf · Mehdi once said in a letter that , In giving Bing When determining the Chinese name , It has been known that direct translation , Yes “ disease ” The negative meaning of . So after consulting a Sinologist , Set a simplified Chinese name for it ——“ Bing Ying ”.“ Bing Ying ” From the idiom “ Soft touch ”, It is very consistent with the purpose of the search engine . After the name is completely determined , Microsoft claims , This search engine will be launched with a new attitude and bring revolution .2020 year 10 month 5 Japan , Bing changed its name to Microsoft Bing . Microsoft used to spend 8000 Wan to 1 Billion dollars in the United States through television 、 radio broadcast 、 newspaper 、 Internet and outdoor media advertising promote it , This is relative to Google 2008 Annual advertising expenditure in 2500 Ten thousand dollars is much higher . Thirteen years have passed , Do you usually use Bing to search for things ？ Welcome to share your most commonly used search engine in the comment area .

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