How do we get the Internet?
Since long ago there is a vast history behind the Interconnected Network i.e., Internet.
When computers back then filled up entire rooms
Scientists and researchers used it for years to communicate during the Cold War.
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It was useful because if one computer went down the others wouldn't follow.
How this all started?
It all started 50 years ago.
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Later in the year 1962, a scientist named JCR Licklider proposed the idea of a network of computers.
In 1969 the first-ever message was sent from one computer to another over the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET).
The government's computer network at the time ARPANET was located in a research lab at UCLA and the other at Stanford.
All the message said was login and it didn't fail to crash the network.
Stanford only received the first two letters of the message but this was the actual start.
Somewhere around the year-end, only four computers were connected to this network.
Advancement in the Internet?
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson was developing the first system to send mail back and forth between the users of ARPANET.
This would eventually be called electronic mail or email for short
@ (address sign) symbol was used to tell a person's name and the hostname
Eventually, all of the networks floating around there need the way of computers on them to communicate with other networks.
Rise of Protocols:
A computer scientist named Vinton Cerf comes into the frame.
He invented a way to introduce computers across the globe to each other in a virtual space.
This invention was called transmission control protocol (TCP) which was followed by Internet Protocol (IP).
In 1991,
A computer programmer named Tim Berners-lee invented the World Wide Web (www)
This wasn't just a data sharing space for scientists.
Furthermore, this was an entire network of information that was accessible to anyone with an internet connection.
For better understanding: We're using a browser right now to see this content and some of the popular ones are Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari.
But in 1992 otherwise was created Earl wise.
That was an internet browser and the first to have a graphic interface
A few browsers came before and after but in 1993 mosaic was created.
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Netscape Navigator in 1994 became the most popular web browser.
In the early 90s companies like AOL and CompuServe were starting to provide dial-up internet access.
Understanding Dail-Up:
Dial-up is a method of connecting to the Internet via telephone line.
Our telephone lines were plugged into a modem and the other end was plugged into the phone jack.
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There was a period in history where we couldn't use our telephone on the Internet at the same moment.
Without the Internet:
- We obviously can't imagine having things like Facebook, Instagram, Google, Twitter, and YouTube.
- But way more importantly we wouldn't be able to access information in seconds.
- We wouldn't be able to communicate with people from around the world.
- We wouldn't be able to share ideas and educate those who might not get a chance elsewhere also without the internet.
Logically, we buy products on the Internet, and that too chatting didn't stop yet.
How would our life be different without the internet?
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