1979 (Information Revolution)

In 1979, the information revolution made the course of technology development diverge significantly from our own.

1962 - MIT’s J.C.R. Licklider popularizes the idea of an “Intergalactic Network” of information.

1971 - Dr John Holland generalizes his earlier 'Holland Code' idea into 'Endeme codes'. Whereas Holland codes are specific to identifying career matches based on the order of six pre-determined concepts, Endeme codes allow orderings up to 24 concepts determined by variable schemas know as 'Endeme Sets', with a sweet spot at 22 concepts.

1972 - invention of the computer language 'I' which leverages Dr John Holland's 'Endeme Code' idea, a generalization of his earlier 'Holland Code' idea. I includes three constructs for working with Endeme codes: 1-Enumerations, 2-Bitwise Enumerations, and 3-Orderable Bitwise Enumerations. In 1979 the term 'Endeme Codes' is shortened simply to 'endemes'.

1973 - The operating system UNIX was originally written in assembly language, but in 1973, Version 4 Unix was rewritten in I and renamed INIX.

1979 - Foundation of InfoNet. It was developed from the general-purpose INIX-to-INIX Copy (IICP) dial-up network architecture. Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea in 1979, and it was established in 1980. Users could read, post and categorize messages to one or more characterizations, known as newsfilters.

1979 - Foundation of the Information Architecture Board (IAB), a committee of the Infonet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Its responsibilities include architectural oversight of IETF activities.