Communications · Recorded milestone
Information theory
Recorded year1948
Claude Shannon defines the bit and the limits of reliable communication.
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Led to
- Error-correcting codesRecorded · 1950enables
- Packet switchingRecorded · 1965enables
- Data Encryption StandardRecorded · 1977enables
- Lempel-Ziv compressionRecorded · 1977enables
- Voyager probesRecorded · 1977requires
- Compact discRecorded · 1982requires
- Dictation softwareRecorded · 1990requires
- 2G digital mobile & SMSRecorded · 1991requires
- JPEG compressionRecorded · 1992requires
- MP3 audioRecorded · 1993enables
- Digital video recorderRecorded · 1999requires
- Solid-state drives go mainstreamRecorded · 2008requires
- DNA data storageRecorded · 2012requires
- 3D NAND flashRecorded · 2013requires
- Satellite quantum key exchangeRecorded · 2017requires
- LEO satellite internetRecorded · 2020requires
- Optical interplanetary linksRecorded · 2023requires
- Error-corrected quantum computerForecast · ~2030requires
- Near-zero-energy computingForecast · ~2058requires
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.