Turning Learners into Developers
The First Founder of Computer Networking
Dr. Leonard Kleinrock is widely regarded as the founder of computer networking because he developed the theory of packet switching in the early 1960s— the core technology that made modern computer networks and the internet possible.
| Term |
Full Form |
Year |
Inventor / Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
|
SIM |
Subscriber Identity Module |
1991 |
Giesecke+Devrient (Germany) |
|
eSIM |
Embedded SIM |
2012 |
GSMA (standardized by) |
|
IMEI |
International Mobile Equipment Identity |
2002 |
3GPP (standardized by) |
|
SMS |
Short Message Service |
1984 |
Friedhelm Hillebrand & Bernard Ghillebaert |
|
MMS |
Multimedia Messaging Service |
2002 |
3GPP & WAP Forum |
|
GSM |
Global System for Mobile Communications |
1987 |
GSM Association / ETSI |
|
CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access |
1949 (concept) |
Claude Shannon & Robert Price; later commercialized by Qualcomm (1990s) |
|
LTE |
Long-Term Evolution |
2009 |
3GPP |
|
VoLTE |
Voice over LTE |
2014 |
3GPP |
|
VoWiFi |
Voice over Wi-Fi |
2015 |
3GPP |
|
Wi-Fi |
Wireless Fidelity |
1997 |
IEEE (802.11 standard); Wi-Fi Alliance |
|
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
1978–1995 |
U.S. Department of Defense |
|
NFC |
Near Field Communication |
2002 |
Sony & Philips |
|
4G |
Fourth Generation |
2009 |
ITU / 3GPP |
|
5G |
Fifth Generation |
2019 |
3GPP |
|
EDGE |
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution |
2003 |
3GPP |
|
GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service |
1993 |
ETSI |
|
UMTS |
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System |
2001 |
3GPP |
|
HSPA |
High Speed Packet Access |
2006 |
3GPP |
|
OTA |
Over-The-Air |
1990s |
WAP Forum / 3GPP |
|
SAR |
Specific Absorption Rate |
1980s |
FCC / IEC (safety standards) |
|
USSD |
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data |
1994 |
GSM Association |
