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[[Image:Internet map 1024.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A map graphically displaying interconnections on the Internet (known as [[Router|routes]])]] | [[Image:Internet map 1024.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A map graphically displaying interconnections on the Internet (known as [[Router|routes]])]] | ||
The ''' | The '''Internet''' is a network of [[computer network|computer networks]] which serves as the underlying network the servers that power the [[World Wide Web]] is run on. The Web is the Internet's best known service, however there are literally hundreds of different [[protocols]], applications and services that run over the Internet. | ||
The research which led to the internet was funded initially by the United States' [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA), which was established in 1958 as the first U.S. response to the Soviet launching of [[Sputnik]]<ref name="DARPA1">{{cite web|url=http://www.darpa.mil/body/overtheyears.html|title=Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency|publisher=United States government|year=2003|accessdate=2007-05-12}}</ref>. The first functional networks between individual computers were created in the early 1970s. Many educational institutions and corporations began joining the network, and in 1983 all nodes on the so-called DARPA-net changed over at once to a new [[protocol]], TCP/IP, which is still in use on the internet today. The fundamental transport [[protocol]] for the internet has not changed substantially in more than twenty years. However, it is on the verge of being "upgraded" in the near future, with a movement from version 4 (IPv4) to version 6 (IPv6) of TCP/IP. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===1950s to 1970s=== | |||
*[[DARPA]] | |||
*[[BBN]] - Bolt, Barenek and Newman | |||
*[[NCP]] | |||
===1975 to 1980=== | |||
===1980 to 1990=== | |||
==Impact on Society== | ==Impact on Society== | ||
==External Links== | |||
*"History of the Internet" sites abound in various places on the Internet, as seen by this [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22History+of+the+Internet%22 Google search] | |||
==Related Topics== | ==Related Topics== | ||
Revision as of 07:29, 13 May 2007
The Internet is a network of computer networks which serves as the underlying network the servers that power the World Wide Web is run on. The Web is the Internet's best known service, however there are literally hundreds of different protocols, applications and services that run over the Internet.
The research which led to the internet was funded initially by the United States' Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which was established in 1958 as the first U.S. response to the Soviet launching of Sputnik[1]. The first functional networks between individual computers were created in the early 1970s. Many educational institutions and corporations began joining the network, and in 1983 all nodes on the so-called DARPA-net changed over at once to a new protocol, TCP/IP, which is still in use on the internet today. The fundamental transport protocol for the internet has not changed substantially in more than twenty years. However, it is on the verge of being "upgraded" in the near future, with a movement from version 4 (IPv4) to version 6 (IPv6) of TCP/IP.
History
1950s to 1970s
1975 to 1980
1980 to 1990
Impact on Society
External Links
- "History of the Internet" sites abound in various places on the Internet, as seen by this Google search
Related Topics
- The ARPANET was the Advanced Research Projects Agency network that evolved into today's Internet
- The article on Computer networks for a general overview of computer networking
- ↑ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. United States government (2003). Retrieved on 2007-05-12.