AltaVista was the most popular web search engine before Google. Although its user base grew like wildfire, AltaVista did not thrive under ailing computer maker DEC.View Artifact Detail
Networks connect computers to each other. But how do people use those connections?
Information systems like the Web let us share content such as text, pictures, or music. The Web running over the Internet has become our global commons, absorbing older media—from video to books and telephone calls—and transforming how we work, buy, and stay in touch.
AltaVista ilikuwa injini maarufu zaidi ya utafutaji wa wavuti kabla ya Google. Ingawa msingi wake wa watumiaji ulikua kama moto wa mwituni, AltaVista haikufanikiwa chini ya mtengenezaji wa kompyuta DEC. Lakini watu hutumiaje uhusiano huo? Mifumo ya habari kama vile Mtandao huturuhusu kushiriki habari kama vile maandishi, picha, au muziki. Mtandao unaotumia mtandao umekuwa mali yetu ya kawaida ya kimataifa, ukinywea vyombo vya habari vya zamani - kutoka video hadi vitabu na simu - na kubadilisha jinsi tunavyofanya kazi, kununua, na kukaa katika mawasiliano.