Computer Knowledge

Teaching machines to think, learn and reason; transforming every field of human endeavour

OpenAI's ChatGPT reached 100M users in 60 days — fastest app in history; sparked the AI race

Neural networks that power GPT, image recognition and voice assistants — the AI revolution

India's rise as a global IT superpower — from TCS (1968) to $250 billion software exports

AI systems that learn from data without explicit programming; the engine behind modern AI

The "brain" of a computer; executes instructions and drives all computing operations

Designed for graphics; now powers AI, crypto mining and scientific computing worldwide

Gordon Moore's 1965 prediction that transistors on chips double every 2 years — defined the tech era

Random Access Memory — the workspace of a computer; data disappears when power is off

From punch cards to SSDs — the evolution of how computers store data permanently

Decentralised digital ledger technology; powers Bitcoin, Ethereum and Web3 applications

On-demand computing resources over the internet; transformed how software is built and delivered

Protecting computers, networks and data from digital attacks; one of the fastest-growing tech fields

The communication rules that make the entire internet work; invented by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn

Wireless networking that connects 16 billion devices worldwide; enabled the mobile internet revolution

Tim Berners-Lee's 1989 invention that made the internet accessible to everyone

World's first computer programmer; wrote the first algorithm for Babbage's Analytical Engine

Father of Computer Science; cracked Enigma in WWII; created the theoretical basis for modern computing

Co-founded Microsoft; made personal computing mainstream with Windows and MS-DOS

Father of the Computer; designed the first mechanical general-purpose computer

Created the C programming language and co-created Unix OS — the foundation of modern software

Pioneer who created the first compiler and popularised machine-independent programming languages

Created the Linux kernel; the open-source OS that powers 96% of the world's servers

Inventor of the World Wide Web; created HTTP, HTML and the URL system in 1989

Low-level language closest to machine code; used in OS kernels, device drivers and embedded systems

Most influential programming language ever; foundation of most modern languages and operating systems

The building blocks of the web; HTML structures content, CSS styles and designs it

"Write once, run anywhere" language; powers Android apps and enterprise software globally

Language of the web; the only programming language that runs natively in every browser

Most popular programming language today; known for simplicity and power in AI/data science

Standard language for managing databases; the backbone of almost every data-driven application

Google's Linux-based mobile OS powers 72% of all smartphones — 3.6 billion active devices

Organised data storage systems — from relational tables to NoSQL; the backbone of every app

Free, open-source OS kernel powering 96% of servers, all supercomputers and Android devices

World's most used desktop OS with 75% market share; Microsoft's flagship product since 1985

Software whose source code is freely available — the foundation of modern technology