2. Where did the Internet start?
• Networked computers started by Military
• ARPANET – 1969 experiment by the
Defense department
• Connected 4 supercomputers
• During war email part became popular
• Soon became a problem
• Protocols were developed
• Evolved into today’s Internet
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3. World Wide Web
• Internet went unnoticed for several
decades
• 1989 – Tim Berners-Lee proposed an idea
at CERN (a physics lab in Europe)
• Envisioned a network to organize info in
pages that were connected by selectable
text – hyperlinks
• Became popular with researchers
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4. World Wide Web
• 1993 – Graphical User
Interface was
introduced
• Mosaic released as 1st
graphical web browser
• Web is only part of the
internet
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6. How Do We Join this Growing Community?
Users
• People who use the services
– Look up telephone numbers
– Browse online catalogs
– Make purchases
– Download music/games
– Send email
• 2/3 of population
• Home, work, schools, libraries, other public locations
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7. How Do We Join this Growing Community?
Internet Service Providers
• Who we get our service from
• For a fee
– Examples: ATT, AOL, Sprint, EarthLink, Comcast
Cable
• Provide access to World Wide Web, email, other
resources
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8. How Do We Join this Growing Community?
Content Providers
• Supply info to Internet
– Commercial businesses
– Nonprofit organizations
– Educational institutions
– Individuals
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