A Brief History Of Telecommunication
By Art Gib
For literally thousands of years mankind had been struggling to find ways to communicate longer distances more quickly, and the best that had been invented at the time was smokes signals, drums, or human couriers. For this reason, most people felt cut off from other human beings that lived farther than a few days journey by horseback or carriage ride. And for thousands of years this was considered the norm. It wasn't until the mid 19th century that human beings began to take a leap forward into the realm of telecommunication.
Telegraph
Although electrical telegraph had been invented some years earlier, it wasn't until 1837 when Samuel Morse invented the single-wire telegraph system and co-invented the character encoding language known as Morse Code with Alfred Vail that telegraph in the United States became a major form of telecommunication. In 1844, Congress granted Morse the permission and funding to build a 40 mile long telegraph line between
Baltimore, Maryland and Washington D.C. Initially he began laying lead-sheathed cable underground, but when he discovered faults in the system he decided instead to use a system of distribution poles to string the wire overhead. For many decades it was the chief form of communication.
Radio
Through the work of several brilliant inventors and scientists throughout the years including James Lindsay, Nikola Tesla, and Guglielmo Marconi among others, wireless communication or "wireless telegraphy" was invented. This amazing form of communication later became known as radio. Radio soon became a major form of communication as radio stations began broadcasting news, entertainment, and music via radio waves. During World War II, families would gather around the radio to hear wartime news.
Television
Like radio, the invention of television can't be attributed to just one person. Many scientists and researchers provided insight into what has become one of the most enduring forms of communication and entertainment. In the 1940s television began to grow more and more popular as a form of telecommunication as broadcast stations began developing regular programming. Soon thousands of people were turning to television as the chief form of news and communication.
Internet
The invention of the internet has caused an explosion in communication all over the world. Suddenly options for communication that were never possible before are simple and easy using the massive resources available on the internet. A husband serving in the military overseas can communicate with a wife and family thousands of miles away. Business partners on different continents can have face-to-face conversations and business meetings using built-in webcams on the computer.
We are living in a world with the kind of telecommunication that our ancestors thousands of years ago would have never even considered a possible method of communication for human beings.
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