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3 Computer Programs that have changed the world
- notfoss 11y agoHaha, when I read the headline, I immediately thought about gcc and apache httpd. Got at least one right and one close enough ;)
- agumonkey 11y agoCame here thinking about visicalc. Important but quite a smaller impact...
- nksonfire 11y agoI came up with DOS. Sad me
- pvaldes 11y agoAnd 'hello world', the program that made the world much more amicable.
- nksonfire 11y agoThat must be named as world's smallest and most famous code.
- sabarasaba 11y agoDang, I was thinking about Microsoft Encarta !
- aap_ 11y agoThe Linux kernel but not UNIX? gcc but not pcc or dmr's cc? That's a pretty bad list I'd say.
- nudpiedo 11y agoI 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.
- wodenokoto 11y agoI'd call those things services, since they are a huge collection of programs, data and to some degree human operation and hardware.