The document provides an overview of the history and uses of the Internet. It discusses how the Internet originated from ARPAnet, which was created by the U.S. government in the late 1950s to link researchers. It then lists some of the key uses of the Internet today, including online communication, education, marketing, and accessing services. The document also briefly describes how the Internet can benefit education and some examples of Internet marketing.

1. History of Internet PUNJAB COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

3. Introduction The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP). It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private and public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections, and other technologies.

4. The USSR's launch of Sputnik spurred the United States to create the Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as ARPA, in February 1958 to regain a technological lead. ARPA created the Information Processing Technology Office (IPTO) to further the research of the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) program, which had networked country-wide radar systems together for the for the first time. History of Internet

5. Visualization of the various routes through a portion of the Internet

6. Internet is useful for us in many types:- 1. on-line communication 2. software sharing 3. exchange of views on topics of common internet 4. posting of information of general internet 5. product promotion 6. feedback about product 7. customer support services 8. on-line journals and magazines 9. on-line shopping 10. worldwide video conferecing 11. education Uses of Internet

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