Tuesday 2 October 2012
History of the Internet Shizzle
I found a good video Sir Arthur Charles Clarke where gives a brief prediction on the future of computing and the internet.
Another good short video on 40 years on the internet. It has all the main points interesting images such as the first ever document sent by computers.
The Internet stared as an experimental military Network in
the 60’s/Cold War. The first iteration of the Internet was launched in 1971
with a public showing in early 1972. This first network, known as ARPANET
(Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork) was very primitive by today's
standards, but a milestone in computer communications. ARPANET was based upon
the design concepts of Larry Roberts (MIT) and was fleshed out at the first ACM
symposium, held in Gaithersburg, TN in 1966, although RFPs weren't sent out
until mid 1968.
The Department of Defence
in 1969 commissioned ARPANET, and the first node was created at the University
of California in Los Angeles, running on a Honeywell DDP-516 mini-computer. The
second node was established at Standford University and launched on October
first of the same year. The third node was located at the University of
California, Santa Barbara (November 1, 1969) and the fourth was opened at the
University of Utah in December. - Link to quote
The Internet began like most things in our society, that is
to say that the government started it. The Internet started out as a
experimental military network in the 60's. Doug Engelbart prototypes an
"Online System" (NLS) which does hypertext browsing editing, email,
and so on. The Internet is a worldwide broadcasting resource used for
distributing information and a source for interaction between people on their
computers.
In 1973, the U.S.
Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) initiated a research program
to investigate techniques and technologies for interlinking packet networks of
various kinds. It then expanded to other governmental agencies and then to
higher education. This was called the Internetting project and the system of
networks, which emerged from the research, was known as the
"Internet." Al Gore is described as "an advocate of the
information superhighway". He helped bring it to our national attention
that he invented the Internet. It is not true that he invented the Internet but
it is true that he had a small part in its development. Since the early
sixties, when Al Gore was still in high school, the development of networking
technology had already started. It is true that the Internet has grown and
flourished tremendously during Gore's tenure, but that hardly means he caused
it to happen.
The Internet has
revolutionized the computer and communications world like nothing before. The
Internet enables communication and transmission of data between computers at
different locations. The Internet is a computer application that connects tens
of thousands of interconnected computer networks that include 1.7 million host
computers around the world. The basis of connecting all these computers
together is by the use of ordinary telephone wires. Users are then directly
joined to other computer users at there own will for a small connection fee per
month. The connection conveniently includes unlimited access to over a million
web sites twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. There are many reasons
why the Internet is important these reasons include: The net adapts to damage
and error, data travels at 2/3 the speed of light on copper and fibre, the
internet provides the same functionality to everyone, the net is the fastest
growing technology ever, the net promotes freedom of speech, the net is
digital, and can correct errors. Connecting to the Internet cost the taxpayer
little or nothing, since each node was independent, and had to handle its own
financing and its own technical requirements. . It is spreading faster than
cellular phones and faster than fax machines. Last year the Internet was
growing at a rate of twenty present a month.
The Internet
allows people to communicate and attain knowledge from other people no matter
their geographical location. The Internet allows people to express their views
even if there in a country where freedom of speech is not a right they have.
Although the Internet has it's pros it also comes with many cons; inappropriate
text and pictures are readily available on the Internet and is a growing
business for the Internet. The pornography business on the Internet is the
largest and fastest growing part of E-Commerce. The development of E-commerce's
made an impact on the world, stock prices soared as well as CEO's of major
dot-com companies bank accounts. In 1998 in Silicon Valley there was an
estimated 50 new millionaires a day. The most popular features of the Internet
include electronic mail, discussion, on-line conversations, adventure and
role-playing games, information retrieval, and electronic commerce are all the
good things the Internet provides Internet users with.
Electronic
Commerce or E-Commerce is a growing industry and it would not be available
without the Internet. Today, the number one technique of tying business into
technology would be the use of the Internet. Since the Internet can be accessed
by millions of people all the time, it would be a great incentive for
businesses. The Internet can help businesses in a number of extraordinary ways.
First, the Internet is an excellent way to make business information available
to possible consumers. Say a person hears about a product that your business
produces and would like to know more information about that product. Well,
through Internet access, that person can easily locate your business web site
and browse through the information needed. Included in the web sites found,
there could be many documents, pictures, small movie flicks, and question and
answer sections available. All of this can be gathered in the convenience of a
person's home, twenty-four hours a day. A business can be very pleased with the
amount of information they can readily have available to publish to the entire
world. - Link to quote
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