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Ever wondered how the internet evolved? Let me tell you the story of how it came about..
Is started with a military group "ARPANET" (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) involved with Sputnik satellite. Out of a great need of security they decided to make what we now no as the internet. The idea was a faster better, safer way to share information on their projects. They succeeded and a new technology was born.
It was in 1983 when a modern form of connection which we use regularly today was created. However, at the time there were a few problems. Firstly Hardly anyone had a personal computer. Computers were more common in business and education. So there was an Internet but not any users. The only people who would use it were in work or education. Secondly the computers were what could only be explained as poor. There was the Sinclair ZX81, Sinclair Spectrum, Dragon, Acorn Atom, Commodore Pet and Vick. By today’s standards they were primitive. The ZX81 for example had a Membrane keyboard (touch sensitive pads) connected to a television, was black and white and only had 1K of ram.
:-0. Nowadays the average comp has 64-128 MB Ram about 64,000-128,00 times more.
The internet was there and waiting to evolve but it just didn't have the user base to help it. As computers grew more powerful it was possible to buy modems. Small bulletin boards and sites started to grow. Again there was a problem. All the websites were independent - each site had to be connected to individually ie. All had different telephone numberss. The biggest was Prestle which I believe still exists to date which was provided for example education. Still they were primitive as unlike today you couldn't simply phone one number to get all the sites. Also Computers had very small hard disks for storage. For many you still had to use an old cassette recorder these often took 10 minutes to load.
It was around 1995 when the Internet came of age. Home computers started to get much more powerful and ISP's started popping up all over the place. Now it was possible to dial just the one number as we do today instead of individual numbers! These ISPs connected to all the sites from a main PC so there was no need for the other more complicated system.
Today the internet is the largest global communications network in our history. It is successfully used by businesses, its a place of entertainment, a place where u can meet new people and communicate with them and a huge place containing education and resources to find and use. It has unlimited potential and nearly anything can be done with it. And what will the future bring? So far it looks like advances will be made in mobile phones to provide complete internet access as on a PC. (Currently you only have a selected few specially made "WAP" sites).
I hope my knowledge interested you.
Is started with a military group "ARPANET" (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) involved with Sputnik satellite. Out of a great need of security they decided to make what we now no as the internet. The idea was a faster better, safer way to share information on their projects. They succeeded and a new technology was born.
It was in 1983 when a modern form of connection which we use regularly today was created. However, at the time there were a few problems. Firstly Hardly anyone had a personal computer. Computers were more common in business and education. So there was an Internet but not any users. The only people who would use it were in work or education. Secondly the computers were what could only be explained as poor. There was the Sinclair ZX81, Sinclair Spectrum, Dragon, Acorn Atom, Commodore Pet and Vick. By today’s standards they were primitive. The ZX81 for example had a Membrane keyboard (touch sensitive pads) connected to a television, was black and white and only had 1K of ram.
:-0. Nowadays the average comp has 64-128 MB Ram about 64,000-128,00 times more.
The internet was there and waiting to evolve but it just didn't have the user base to help it. As computers grew more powerful it was possible to buy modems. Small bulletin boards and sites started to grow. Again there was a problem. All the websites were independent - each site had to be connected to individually ie. All had different telephone numberss. The biggest was Prestle which I believe still exists to date which was provided for example education. Still they were primitive as unlike today you couldn't simply phone one number to get all the sites. Also Computers had very small hard disks for storage. For many you still had to use an old cassette recorder these often took 10 minutes to load.
It was around 1995 when the Internet came of age. Home computers started to get much more powerful and ISP's started popping up all over the place. Now it was possible to dial just the one number as we do today instead of individual numbers! These ISPs connected to all the sites from a main PC so there was no need for the other more complicated system.
Today the internet is the largest global communications network in our history. It is successfully used by businesses, its a place of entertainment, a place where u can meet new people and communicate with them and a huge place containing education and resources to find and use. It has unlimited potential and nearly anything can be done with it. And what will the future bring? So far it looks like advances will be made in mobile phones to provide complete internet access as on a PC. (Currently you only have a selected few specially made "WAP" sites).
I hope my knowledge interested you.
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> That's what I was doing before I discovered it..I have a TVer..
Was..even. I don't even know how I did that..
I'd probably be watching TV right this minute without the internet. That's what I was doing before I discovered it..I have a TVer..
Since when was the Internet a "secure way to transfer data and information?"
All though I must say. Look where we'd all be without the Internet?
OUTSIDE!!!!!
All though I must say. Look where we'd all be without the Internet?
OUTSIDE!!!!!
If we're talking about the Internet and how useful it is, and a bit of history as well, then we should all give a huge vote of thanks to a guy called Tim Berners-Lee, a British guy working at the CERN institue in Switzerland, who with his colleagues cam up with the concepts of email addresses, html and the world wide web, along with a lot of the other protocols used in the 'net.
Where would the internet be without them!
Nice one Tim!
Where would the internet be without them!
Nice one Tim!
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