Digital media started when Charles Babbage imagined using computers to solve analytical problems in 1800s. He created codes which were readable by machines, such as Digital Codes, He made difference engines and analytical machines to solve mathematical problems.
Between 1822 and 1823 Ada Lovelace wrote what is believed to be the fist computer program. This allowed to use the same machines to do different tasks without having to change the mechanical parts of the machines, but only changing the codes. These machines included machines that play pianos and you could change the melody by only changing the codes.
The first true digital media came into existence with the invention of digital computers, which were using binary codes to store and process information allowing the same machine to preform many difference tasks, these were invented between 1948 and 1949.
In the years following the invention of the first digital computers , computing power and storage capacity have increased by many times. The invention of personal computers and smart phones put the use of digital media in the hands of all people.
Between 1822 and 1823 Ada Lovelace wrote what is believed to be the fist computer program. This allowed to use the same machines to do different tasks without having to change the mechanical parts of the machines, but only changing the codes. These machines included machines that play pianos and you could change the melody by only changing the codes.
The first true digital media came into existence with the invention of digital computers, which were using binary codes to store and process information allowing the same machine to preform many difference tasks, these were invented between 1948 and 1949.
In the years following the invention of the first digital computers , computing power and storage capacity have increased by many times. The invention of personal computers and smart phones put the use of digital media in the hands of all people.