The appearance of the telegram in the past surprised everyone, and today, smart applications have revolutionized the world of communication
Some may think that modern devices have been known in our country for a short time, but the truth is on the contrary, our country has known these devices for nearly a hundred years, and perhaps the first of these devices to appear is the telegram that appeared for the first time during the reign of King Abdulaziz - May God rest his soul in peace - it received a lot of condemnation, and some even described it as sorcery and witchcraft, and then the matter developed and other devices appeared such as the car, the telephone, etc., and in light of the rapid technical progress, what was modern in its time, and the astonishment of its users has become a thing of the past, as it appears Something new that dazzles everyone and baffles the mind, as other more advanced and technical devices appeared at close times, and perhaps the first electronic devices appeared, and it was widely used in government departments and companies, and made amazement rise above the face of those who deal with it (the fax); As it was possible for anyone to send a paper from his office to any place in the world in a few seconds, which facilitated the process of communication, and reduced reliance on telegrams that required sending a long time in reviewing the telegram employee, and waiting for it to be delivered to the required person as soon as possible, while the (fax) at the specified time, and in a few seconds, and whoever sends it receives it, answers any inquiry, and sends it immediately, and this technology at that time served banks specifically before the spread of computers, so that the bank branch sends (fax) to the branch in which the customer’s account is In order for the signature to be matched, and then deducting the required amount, whether it is a check or a request for disbursement from his personal account, the bank gets the answer in a few minutes, and the customer is served immediately, and after a period of time, the time and effort were shortened after the appearance of the computer, which was a miraculous event, Where he was dealt with in the completion of large tasks that required a lot of effort and time, such as writing, printing, and memorizing, and the generation of the recent past still remembers the first computer that appeared at that time in government departments, which required operating it to wait for a long time, perhaps exceeding half an hour, In order for the device to be configured to start its work, it was in the beginning to allocate an employee whose job would be to operate the devices only, so he would come half an hour before the presence of the employees to turn on the computers for a while, then he would stay after the employees left to close the computers, and as an extension of the development, all electronic devices, especially, witnessed huge leaps And successively, whether for general use in workplaces, or personal devices with the advent of laptops, modern entertainment devices, and smart phones with smart applications that we see today.
Rejection of the telegram
The telegram, which is the latest revolution in the world of communications more than a century ago, was important in the lives of countries and peoples, as it contributed to shortening distances, shortening time, and delivering news and incidents in a short period of time. It also contributed to achieving security and facilitating matters of public life. It is the first communication device known to our country, as the first telegram was established in the Kingdom in the Hijaz region, and the Directorate of Telegraph, Post and Telephone was established during the reign of the late King Abdulaziz in 1345 AH. Satan’s means are like modern industries, such as cars, radios, and even clocks, while scholars were convinced of the usefulness of these industries and issued fatwas that they are permissible to use and that they are just an industry. And they watched on the ground how to use this technology and were convinced of its permissibility, and stood by His Majesty King Abdulaziz - may God rest his soul in peace - and issued a fatwa that these technologies are just an industry to benefit from. Those that he spent in Taif, which were repeated some four years ago, contributed in several aspects to laying the foundations that built the edifice of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With the Marconi Company to supply the necessary equipment to establish two large wireless stations in Makkah and Riyadh, operating at a power of half a kilowatt in a number of provincial capitals in the Kingdom, and last but not least, a contract was made to install four mobile devices with a power of half a kilowatt to be taken with the king and his dignitaries from his entourage during their travels Pointing out that when the spring season of 1932 AD came, this great network of wireless communications was already established, and there is no room for questioning the important role that the network has played since that time under the king’s supervision and direction of the country’s politics and affairs, and of course that network was greatly expanded and was developed from the form it was in at that time.
The invention of the telephone
The telephone service that we know today began in the year 1353 AH, when the number of manual telephone lines was (854) phones distributed in each of Riyadh, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Jeddah and Taif only, and it was affiliated with the Directorate of Telegraph, Post and Telephone, which was linked to the Public Prosecution under the umbrella of internal affairs To take care of postal and communication services of all kinds, and in the year 1372 AH, the Ministry of Communications was established, and Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz was appointed as its minister, and the telegraph, post and telephone facilities were included in it. To be responsible for the postal and telecommunications sectors, and the number of telephone lines at that time did not exceed (130) thousand lines, and then the expansion of the increase in telephone exchanges and lines until they became millions, and the obsession was that every person would have a phone that goes to any place that occupies the thinking of everyone Subscriber, and for this reason everyone was overwhelmed with happiness with the invention of the air-phone, which operates in the vicinity of about fifty square kilometers, and among the most famous devices that were used in that period were (Sinaw) devices, and in the year 1416 AH, the mobile phone service was launched, which represented a real revolution in communications. The phone has become an accompaniment to its carrier everywhere, and it has become one of the necessities that cannot be dispensed with in any way.
The era of fax
When talking about the fax or what the Arabists call it (the transcriber), it comes to the minds of many that it is one of the modern inventions, that is, in the eighties or nineties of the last century, given that that was the period when these devices witnessed a great boom, as they were then an indispensable part About it from workplace equipment, but such an answer remains wrong, as the legacy of those fax machines that began to suffer from neglect in millions of offices around the world can be traced back to more than one hundred and fifty years ago, specifically to the year 1842 AD, which witnessed the first attempt For its invention by Alexander Payne, a Scottish man, who can be credited with inventing the first experimental fax machine, and patenting his ideas in this regard. Experiments in this regard began in 1842 AD, but success was not achieved - in particular - by any of the The devices invented by Payne, and although the following decades witnessed more experimental activities, the process of sending texts and images via fax machines faced many difficulties in order to begin to occupy its place on the scene, but that did not discourage the inventors from continuing their efforts, including the Italian (Giovanni Casili), who in 1860 impressed the French Emperor Napoleon III when he reviewed before him in Paris the possibilities of this modern technology at that time. A way to quickly complete transactions between government departments and companies, especially banks, and with the progress witnessed by computers, the fax machine was dispensed with, after it became possible for those who use computer technology to send whatever they want via e-mail in moments, and with great purity, and even save it in the device without the need One of the anecdotes associated with the spread of the fax in the life of yesterday’s generation is that whoever listens to the ringing tone when calling the phone connected to the fax, hears the tone for any telephone request, then the line is lifted and a special tone begins to start receiving what is to be sent. Through fax from papers, which is a strange tone on the ears, and it happened that a person made a mistake in dialing the phone number of one of his friends and asked for another number that he thought was the required number, and this number was connected to a fax machine, and when the line was picked up, he heard the strange fax tone that he heard for the first time, so he hung up The line then called again and found the line busy being in a state of preparation to receive the fax transmission, then called again and also heard the fax tone so he thought that whoever picks up the line and answers is from the jinn, and doubted that this house is inhabited by jinns, so he told all his friends and acquaintances and he gave them a number The phone, and indeed they hear that strange tone, and most of them believed it until science reached those who were working in a government department that used fax technology, so he solved this dilemma for them and made them understand that until they were convinced and expelled this idea from their heads.
The computer revolution
When talking about the (computer) device or (computer), we must refer to the qualitative shift and the revolution that it brought about in the world, where it has now become the backbone of life, and no one can dispense with it in accomplishing his practical matters, and that the beginnings were difficult in The beginning of its appearance and invention, but it contributed greatly to shortening the time and effort in what the word means. He can do many things that are difficult for one to count, and the stages of computer development have gone through many generations, which are as follows: The first generation appeared in the years 1950-1959 AD. However, these fuses were large and consumed a large amount of electricity, in addition to being slow. As for the second generation 1959-1964 AD, the electronic fuses were replaced by the (transistor), which performs the same role, except that it allows the electric current to pass in one direction and stop it in another. The transistor greatly improved the computer as it occupies a smaller space and consumes less energy in addition to being fast, and the heat emitted from it is much less than electronic valves. Small computers, operating systems also appeared, and as for the fourth generation, which started from 1972 until now, computers witnessed a huge development with the emergence of electronic chips (Chipset), which later led to the invention of laptops, and as we noted previously, the computer went through many stages of development And compared to other inventions, it witnessed a quantum leap from a computer weighing 30 tons in 1946 AD to a laptop or tablet computer that does not exceed a kilogram in our time.
Electronic illiteracy
After the emergence of electronic devices and computers with multiple technologies that people use to complete their transactions, it has become necessary for every person to be able to deal with these devices in order to complete their daily transactions. For example, it has become necessary to enter the websites of ministries and government departments from In order to complete his transactions such as issuing a passport, or a status card, or adding births, or even paying traffic violations, or paying fees, and many others, and those who are not good at using computers and smart devices are called illiterate, as illiteracy has exceeded its true meaning of the person’s inability to Reading and writing led to his illiteracy in dealing with these devices, and therefore young people and even children are good at dealing with these devices because they often sit on them, whether to play or learn, and the elderly who are not good at dealing with these devices are seeking the help of their young ones in order to complete what they want of transactions without shame or Gel.
Continuous development
Every day we see a new invention, especially with regard to technology and electronic and smart devices. After yesterday's generation used to deal with modern devices in their view, such as (Atari) and the Sakhr computer, which was a surprise to everyone at that time, today's generation is learning every now and then. On modern devices (tablets) and (PlayStation) that whoever wants to play by connecting to the Internet with anyone who wants from a distance, and may play at the same time with people he does not know and from far nationalities and countries, and the applications of multiple smart devices It enabled its user to obtain the required information, world news, stock exchanges, and all that is new in the blink of an eye, and visual communication became easy and at the lowest costs, and the devices are now controlled through mobile applications, where the person can monitor his home remotely by entering through his mobile device on the camera application implanted in his house or his shop and watch what is going on in it even if it is thousands of kilometers away, and he can also control the operation of some devices in his house even if he is very far away, such as turning on air conditioners, for example, with the same application via mobile, and with the revolution of progress, manufacturers inform us of what dazzles us with their successive innovations, until everyone has become He does not imagine what the near future will bring in terms of technical surprises that will make what we use today a thing of the past.
