The+History+of+the+Internet+and+How+it+Works

The introduction to the Internet came about in 1969 with a device called: Arpanet. Arpanet was a packet switching technology device. It was a centralized computer that connected other computers together via e-mail. The next addition to the internet world was TCIP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. This was a call of order and this is where the word “internet” came about. In 1978, unsolicited email messages came about. This was known as spam. In 1989 AOL is launched. Onto 1995, the web becomes commercialized. Since then, there have been an outstanding number of advances to make internet what it is today.
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1. [] [delete] || [|isme1245] Sep 6, 2011 6:21 pm The Internet started in the 1960s as a way for government researchers to share information. Computers in the '60s were large and immobile and in order to make use of information stored in any one computer, one had to either travel to the site of the computer or have magnetic computer tapes sent through the conventional postal system. Another catalyst in the formation of the Internet was the heating up of the Cold War. The Soviet Union's launch of the Sputnik satellite spurred the U.S. Defense Department to consider ways information could still be disseminated even after a nuclear attack. This eventually led to the formation of the ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), the network that ultimately evolved into what we now know as the Internet. ARPANET was a great success but membership was limited to certain academic and research organizations who had contracts with the Defense Department. In response to this, other networks were created to provide information sharing.
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TCP/IP (Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol) was the next step. What this did was allow a variety of computers on different networks communicate with each other. This began on January 1, 1983, which is considered the officially birth of the internet. [delete] || [|moon1242] Sep 7, 2011 2:32 pm The Internet began during the Cold War as a response to the need for a communication system that would not be damaged by a nuclear attack. ARPANET was the first true attempt to build one network by connecting 4 college campus networks into one. This allowed for research to be conducted and shared more easily. Each location that was added to the network was considered a "node." In 1971, there were 23 nodes, by 1977, there were 111 and by 1994, there were around 4 million nodes. As time progressed, the Internet network became more and more advanced by adding new capabilities such as email, file transfer, and HTML. Today the Internet is continually growing and adding more capabilities that allow for greater developments and innovation. [delete] || [|moon1242] Sep 7, 2011 2:33 pm Source: [] [delete] || [|miyukisls] Sep 7, 2011 11:46 pm The first network was connected and the first message sent across network by the Standford and UCLA’s student in 1969. In the 70s, Ray Tomlinson by BBN developed email; people can exchange information by sending email, and the TCP/IP first proposed by Bob Kahn. In the 80s, the most significant event is the McGill University hosted the first Archie. In the 90s, a world wide web came out based on hypertext, which is a system of embedding links in text to link. Later on, Marc Andreessen developed the graphical browser Mosaic and gave the protocol big boost. Nowadays, we have a global fiber optics network and improvements in hardware; it’s easier to download and share information without the least delay. The entire human knowledge will be available anytime for everybody around the world to pick up at free of charge. Also, wifi service allowed people use internet service via smart phone and laptop everywhere. In the future, we might have image and video in four dimensions. It would be fun we have 4D communicating software and talk to a 4D friend in front of the computer.
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[] [delete] || [|truckin14] Sep 8, 2011 12:34 am J.C.R. Licklider of MIT in August 1962 discussing his "Galactic Network" concept to a group of influential government leaders. He envisioned a globally interconnected set of computers through which everyone could quickly access data and programs from any computer. Due to Dr. Kleinrock's early development of packet switching, his computer lab at UCLA was selected to be the first node on the ARPANET. In September 1969 UCLA and the first host computer were connected. Doug Engelbart’s project on an early hypertext system) at Stanford Research Institute was chosen as a second node. When SRI was connected to the ARPANET, the first host-to-host message was sent from Kleinrock's laboratory to SRI. Two more nodes were added at UC Santa Barbara and University of Utah. By the end of 1969, four host computers were connected together into the initial ARPANET, and the budding Internet was off the ground. Even at this early stage, it should be noted that the networking research incorporated both work on the underlying network and work on how to utilize the network. This tradition continues to this day. Computers were added quickly to the ARPANET during the following years, and work proceeded on completing a functionally complete Host-to-Host protocol and other network software. []   [delete] || [|Sparza] Sep 8, 2011 1:18 am Dating back as early as the 18th century was the first form of the transmit ion of data. This was the invention of the telegraph created by Claude Chappe in 1794. The electric telegraph is a now outdated communication system that transmitted electric signals over wires from location to location that translated into a message. This was what is considered the first form of global information sharing, which is essentially what the internet is. This invention would be used over the next 2 centuries as the main way of transmitting information.[]
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Justin Esparza [delete] || [|nill1156] Sep 8, 2011 10:12 am The internet has been around for almost 25 years. Dating all the way back in the early 80's the internet has transformed immensley throughout the last 30 years. The internet began as a government defense network that was built so that it could even survive nuclear warfare. By 1992 the government pulled out of the network and regulations of it as it started to be used in academics and a streamline for communication throughout the world. The internet is said to be used by 1 out of every 4 people in the world which equals out to be over tens of millions of people. Now there is over 1 billion people in the world with access to a computer, and they are all said to be internet users. So, in the beginning, the internet was a government regulated entity that was used in their defense program. Now it is used as a great communication network that connects the world. [|http://www.centerspan.org/tutorial/net.htm#How] R.J. Nill [delete] || [|BritanyWolf] Sep 8, 2011 10:46 am President Eisenhower created the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in 1958 as a direct response to Sputnik's launch, which was the first man-made satellite created by the then Soviet Union in 1957. ARPA's purpose was to give the United States a technological edge over other countries. One important part of ARPA's mission was computer science. In the 1950s, computers were enormous devices that would fill an entire room. They had a fraction of the power and processing ability that you can find in a modern PC. Many computers could only read magnetic tape or punch cards, and there was no way you could network computers together. ARPA aimed to change that. It enlisted the help of Bolt, Beranek and Newman company (BBN) to create a computer network. The network had to connect four computers running on four different operating systems. They called the network ARPANET. Without ARPANET, the internet wouldn't look or behave the way it does today. It might possibly never even existed. Although other groups were working on ways to network computers, ARPANET established the protocols used on the internet today. Without ARPANET, it may have taken many more years before anyone tried to find ways to join regional networks together into a larger system.
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Source: [] [delete] || [|jone1234] Sep 8, 2011 11:16 am The Internet has been around for many years now, and continues to grow throughout the world. I am going to touch on the development of high-speed connections. In 1993 affordable Internet access was limited to 56 kbps modems operating over public phone lines. Shortly after broadband products and services begun to be offered in American households. This resulted in having access to more bandwidth and faster connection speed. The broadband era uses cable, satellite, DSL, power line, and wireless networks. Which provides consumers with high-speed data and video-on-demand. Between 2000 and 2001, broadband subscriptions rose over 50% in American households. [] Brady Jones [delete] || [|rudo1118] Sep 8, 2011 1:29 pm ARPANET still had a string hold on the internet in the 80's however there were other networks that were starting to grow and catch up. Such as CSNET used by science based foundations started appearing that focused more on scientific research as to the more government and military based ARPANET.CSNET was easier to connect to than ARPANET and made it easier for research institutions to communicate with each other. [] Nick Rudolph [delete] || [|cagoodm] Sep 9, 2011 12:32 am Currently, 30% of the world's population have access to the internet. Looking back just ten years ago, only 360,000,000 people had access, in comparison to the 2 billion today. This rapid growth is expected to continue, with estimates suspecting more than 40% of the world's population. In the past, the most common method for accessing the internet was with a personal computer. Smartphones have become increasingly popular in the last few years, with 2009 being the first year where data traffic exceeded voice traffic for every month of the year. It is expected that by 2015, the average person in North America will have access to at 5.8 internet devices, most commonly tablets, smartphones, e-readers, and flat-panel tvs. All of these media have added to our dependency on the internet with college age students spending an average of 12 hours a day with some sort of media.
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