Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 780 The World Wide Web and the Internet

Watson sighed and said with a wry smile: "To be honest, I really don't have much confidence in writing programs, Xiaoqiang, can you help me then?"

According to the division of labor agreed upon by the two, Niu Xiaoqiang only needs to be responsible for the manufacturing of the physical objects, and Watson is responsible for writing the software.At this moment, when Watson asked him for help, Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help but wonder: "Professor, this project is a bit sensitive. I'm Chinese. If I get involved too deeply, I'm afraid it will cause bad consequences."

When Niu Xiaoqiang said this, he changed the subject: "Furthermore, the original intention of this project is to rescue senior Robert (named Edward in the previous text, which has been changed to Robert), if you really encounter programming problems, you can ask the relevant The department made a request to let them release senior Robert to help you, this is a strategy we have discussed long ago, isn't it?"

The significance of intelligent robots is extraordinary. If they really make achievements, the military must be the first to be interested.Just imagine: if you have an army of robots in your hands, you won't be afraid of death when you fight, how wonderful it is.

Watson continued to smile wryly: "Of course I know this, but if we want them to release people, we should also make certain achievements, otherwise, if the robot can't even walk the most basic, how can it make them feel excited? "

Watson paused here, and then continued: "Of course, the main reason is that the dynamic modeling technology you developed is very suitable for related experiments. What I lack the most is experimental data. As long as you can provide me with Data support, I don’t have to worry about programming anymore, why don’t you work harder?”

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded slightly when he heard the words: "If you just provide experimental data, then there is no problem, but for the sake of safety, it's best to keep this matter secret."

Watson breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, let's make a deal."

Niu Xiaoqiang said with a smile: "Professor, I have always been curious about a question. What is your relationship with Senior Robert? Why did you spend so much effort to rescue him?"

Watson didn't have any reservations about Niu Xiaoqiang, and said honestly: "Because he mentioned a concept to me before, I think this concept is very feasible. Once realized, it will definitely have an extremely huge impact on the development of the entire computer industry." But before I had an in-depth discussion and research with him, he was arrested for illegal intrusion. In order to realize this concept, I will spend so much effort to rescue him."

Niu Xiaoqiang became more and more interested when he heard the words. Professor Watson is not a mediocre person. Since he said that the concept proposed by Robert is so powerful, it shows that this concept is really extraordinary.With Professor Watson's attainments in the computer field, he will never be mistaken.

"Professor, what concept did senior Robert put forward?"

"He called the concept himself the 'World Wide Web.'"

"World Wide Web?"

"Well, I just heard him mention it roughly. According to him, the World Wide Web is mainly used to provide a huge database, so that all computer users can share the data in it."

Niu Xiaoqiang understood it as soon as he heard it, and nodded: "So, this concept is indeed very feasible. Once realized, it will definitely have a huge boost to the entire computer industry!"

Niu Xiaoqiang had only heard of the concept of the Internet before. The Internet is a translated name translated by Niu Xiaoqiang himself. This translated name comes from its English name—Internet. In fact, the Internet was not called this name when it first started. It was called A Pannet, the English name is ARPANET.

The concept of the Internet was a concept put forward by the US military in 1969.It is mainly to allow computer equipment to be interconnected, and then to work together through the interconnection.This can greatly improve work efficiency and maximize the integration of computer resources.

The name was changed later because the technology was eventually popularized for civilian use.Anything in the civilian field is called the Internet.The military thought the name was very good, so they changed it accordingly.

The superiority of the Internet is obvious. It connects computers together to form a huge network system.It has unparalleled advantages in the transmission and exchange of information.

As for the World Wide Web, in Niu Xiaoqiang's view, it is more like a perfection of Internet functions.Its main purpose is to provide a database that can cover everything. As long as the database is built, it can be shared by those who have computers. This idea further explores the practical functions of computers.

Think about it, as long as you have a computer, you can get a huge amount of information through it, completely saving you the process of going to the library to find information, isn't it very practical?
Zhang Xiaolan on the side was confused. Although she is not a computer major, computers are very popular in the United States. She also learned some knowledge about computers through reading and seeing.

After listening to the conversation between Watson and Niu Xiaoqiang, Zhang Xiaolan couldn't help showing a confused look, and said, "Isn't there already an Internet? Why do you want to create a World Wide Web?"

Niu Xiaoqiang explained with a smile: "The World Wide Web and the Internet are not the same concept. For example, the World Wide Web is equivalent to a destination, just like a library, and the Internet is a special road leading to the library. A computer is equivalent to a library. A vehicle that can travel on this special road, as long as you have a vehicle, you can reach the library through the special road and check all the materials inside."

Niu Xiaoqiang’s metaphor is very vivid, and Zhang Xiaolan understood it as soon as she heard it. She said, “To put it bluntly, the World Wide Web is a huge source of information, right?”

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded: "That's right, that's it."

He thought to himself: This Robert is very powerful, he can come up with such a wonderful idea, if there is a chance, I must communicate with him and see if I can use him for me.

Niu Xiaoqiang has long seen the huge potential of the computer industry, and the myth of Apple has touched him a lot. Now he lacks the necessary technical and financial support to step into the physical computer manufacturing industry, so he can only work on the software.

Robert is undoubtedly a very creative computer talent, if he can really win over this guy, it will be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

When Niu Xiaoqiang was thinking this way, the first part had already been processed.He opened the fixture, took the part out and checked it. After confirming that there was no problem, he started to process the next part.

Niu Xiaoqiang didn't stop until the clock ticked.Originally, he didn't want to call it a day. If Professor Watson didn't try his best to dissuade him, he would have continued to work for two hours.

(End of this chapter)