Amaya Toman Uyakhumbula i-WAP - ubuchwepheshe obulethe amathuba omsebenzi oyisisekelo nge-inthanethi omakhalekhukhwini bezinkinobho ezicindezelayo? Ukuqala kwalobu buchwepheshe kuhlehlela emuva ku-1997, njengoba sizokhumbula esitolimendeni sanamuhla sochungechunge lwethu lwezenzakalo zomlando emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, sizophinde sikhumbule ukusetshenziswa kokuqala kwekhodi yebha esitolo esikhulu.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Pavel Jelic Ikhodi Yebha Yokuqala (1974)
Ngomhla zingama-26 kuJuni 1974, ibhakhodi ye-UPC (Universal Product Code) yasetshenziswa okokuqala ngqa ukuskena izinto zokuthenga esuphamakethe. Ikhodi yokuqala ye-UPC okufanele ifundwe kusetshenziswa isithwebuli se-NCR yayisephakeji lika-Wrigley ushingamu esitolo esikhulu saseMarsh eTroy, e-Ohio. Nokho, ukuskenwa kwamakhodi ezimpahleni ezisezitolo ezinkulu kwakusenendlela ende okufanele kuhanjwe ngayo - Umagazini iBusinessWeek wabhala ngokwehluleka kwamaskena ezitolo ezinkulu kusukela ngo-1976.
Ukuvela kwe-Wireless Application Protocol (1997)
Ngomhla zingama-26 kuNhlangulana 1997, i-Ericsson, i-Motorola, i-Nokia, ne-Unwired Planet bangenela ubudlelwano bokwakha i-Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). Umgomo wenhlangano engenzi nzuzo bekuwukugcina inqubekelaphambili yamadivayisi angenawaya nokuletha uxhumano lwe-inthanethi kumadivayisi eselula nokudala iphrothokholi engenantambo ezosebenza kubo bonke ubuchwepheshe benethiwekhi. I-WAP yethulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-1999, ngo-2002 ukuthuthukiswa kwayo kwaphasiswa yi-Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).
