The internet started in the 1960's as a way for government researchers to share information. In the 60's computers were huge, immobile and generally hard to make use of the information stored. The rise of the cold war was another incentive to the rapid formation of the internet. The launch of sputnik by the soviet union caused the U.S. and other countries to find more ways to send information, even after a nuclear war. Eventually this led to the formation of ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), the network that ultimately evolved into what we know as the internet. Though ARPANET was a great success, its memberships were limited to certain academic and research organizations that had contracts with the Defense Department.
January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the internet. Before this, all the various computer networks were lacking a standard way to communicate with each other. A new communications protocol, called transfer control/interwork protocol (TCP/IP), allowed different kinds of computers on different networks “talk” to each other. The defense data network and ARPANET changed the TCP/IP standard on january 1, 1983 (Hence birthday). Now all computer networks could speak the same universal language.
Computer technology was advancing rapidly after this point. The world wide web, only being formed in the late 1980's By the European lab for particle physics in Switzerland, was quickly embraced by the public and has become the most popular to provide and obtain information over the internet. Computers themselves became smaller and more easily accessible, becoming a standard for everyday use. The web had access to files easily able to be downloaded and also offers a way to jump from site to site through a series of connecting hyperlinks. Still the internet and computers were nothing like they are today. Now we have all sorts of different browsers and tags and there is almost nothing that can't be done on the internet.
The internet changed the human race drastically. The newest generation cannot remember a time before the internet. With the internet we are more connected than we have ever been before but, it’s what we do with it is still to be decided. Pray we do not get too dependent.
January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the internet. Before this, all the various computer networks were lacking a standard way to communicate with each other. A new communications protocol, called transfer control/interwork protocol (TCP/IP), allowed different kinds of computers on different networks “talk” to each other. The defense data network and ARPANET changed the TCP/IP standard on january 1, 1983 (Hence birthday). Now all computer networks could speak the same universal language.
Computer technology was advancing rapidly after this point. The world wide web, only being formed in the late 1980's By the European lab for particle physics in Switzerland, was quickly embraced by the public and has become the most popular to provide and obtain information over the internet. Computers themselves became smaller and more easily accessible, becoming a standard for everyday use. The web had access to files easily able to be downloaded and also offers a way to jump from site to site through a series of connecting hyperlinks. Still the internet and computers were nothing like they are today. Now we have all sorts of different browsers and tags and there is almost nothing that can't be done on the internet.
The internet changed the human race drastically. The newest generation cannot remember a time before the internet. With the internet we are more connected than we have ever been before but, it’s what we do with it is still to be decided. Pray we do not get too dependent.