History of Software, A

It is anyone’s guess how far computer technology will advance. And as software applications have become vital to virtually every aspect of modern life, it is anyone’s guess how fully integrated technology will become in modern living. Recent decades have rapidly evolved technologically, building upon innovations of previous decades with greater speed than at any other time in history. And speed is a primary reason for it. Since the Industrial Revolution, humankind has sought ways to become ever more efficient in all realms of life from production at the factory to cooking meals at home. Today the mediating force between technology and humans is software.