Programming Languages
C
General-purpose procedural language developed at Bell Labs by Dennis Ritchie
Low-level memory accessProcedural paradigmPortable across platformsFoundation for UnixEfficient compiled code
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Electric Motors
Graphics Processing Units
Lithography Physics
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Microprocessors
Operating Systems
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RAM
Semiconductor Process Nodes
Smartphone
Storage Technologies
iPhone
1972
1991
Programming Languages
Python
High-level interpreted language created by Guido van Rossum emphasizing readability
Indentation-based syntaxDynamic typingExtensive standard libraryMulti-paradigmInterpreted execution
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1995
Programming Languages
Java
Object-oriented language by Sun Microsystems with write-once-run-anywhere philosophy
Platform independence via JVMObject-orientedGarbage collectionStrong typingEnterprise adoption
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Programming Languages
JavaScript
Scripting language created by Brendan Eich for Netscape Navigator
Client-side web scriptingPrototype-basedEvent-drivenDynamic typingECMAScript standardization
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