Bangalore: In the midst of tech wonders like Facebook and Flickr, we forget to appreciate the tech innovations without which we can’t even think of using information technology. These innovations have changed email, Web development, database management and more but have gone unnoticed every time. Here are 9 of them listed by CIO.

1. Server-Side Scripting

In 1994, Fred DuFresne was working on an interactive website for the local TV station. There he created a technique called server-side scripting, which was very different from the common programming techniques of the day as it programmed a server to carry out commands.

Before that, programmers had to write complex HTML commands. Today, it is used on everything from Facebook pages to travel blogs. "With Server Side Scripting, the level of training required to create dynamic pages was drastically reduced. No formal training in computer science was required to create a simple PHP page. There is no linking to object libraries, no compiling source code to object code", DuFresne says.Bangalore: In the midst of tech wonders like Facebook and Flickr, we forget to appreciate the tech innovations without which we can’t even think of using information technology. These innovations have changed email, Web development, database management and more but have gone unnoticed every time. Here are 9 of them listed by CIO.