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| Before the widespread internetworking that led to the Internet, most communication networks were limited by their nature to only allow communications between the stations on the network, and the prevalent computer networking method was based on the central mainframe computer model. Several research programs began to explore and articulate principles of networking between separate physical networks, leading to the development of the packet switching model of digital networking. These research efforts included those of the laboratories of Donald Davies (NPL), Paul Baran (RAND Corporation), and Leonard Kleinrock's MIT and UCLA.The research led to the development of several packet-switched networking solutions in the late 1960s and 1970s,[1] including ARPANET and the X.25 protocols. Additionally, public access and hobbyist networking systems grew in popularity, including unix-to-unix copy (UUCP) and FidoNet. They were however still disjointed separate networks, served only by limited gateways between networks. This led to the application of packet switching to develop a protocol for inter-networking, where multiple different networks could be joined together into a super-framework of networks. By defining a simple common network system, the Internet protocol suite, the concept of the network could be separated from its physical implementation. This spread of inter-network began to form into the idea of a global inter-network that would be called 'The Internet', and this began to quickly spread as existing networks were converted to become compatible with this. This spread quickly across the advanced telecommunication networks of the western world, and then began to penetrate into the rest of the world as it became the de-facto international standard and global network. However, the disparity of growth led to a digital divide that is still a concern today.
Following commercialisation and introduction of privately run Internet Service Providers in the 1980s, and its expansion into popular use in the 1990s, the Internet has had a drastic impact on culture and commerce. This includes the rise of near instant communication by e-mail, text based discussion forums, and the World Wide Web. Investor speculation in new markets provided by these innovations would also lead to the inflation and collapse of the Dot-com bubble, a major market collapse. But despite this, the Internet continues to grow. |
History of Internet .)
Why was this posted? Are you looking for critique or just trying to build points?
What a good thing is the internet. But i have to admit...its terrible addiction too.
| socceraggie wrote: |
| Why was this posted? Are you looking for critique or just trying to build points? |
He wouldn't have gotten very many points for that post as it was a quote, but it was very informative in showing that the Internet is not the same thing as the World Wide Web...you would not believe how many people are still under the impression that they are the same thing, or that Al Gore (former U.S. Vice President) created the Internet.
I can't believe all you Yanks always try and claim the achievement of British Tim Berners-Lee in creating the World Wide Web...
this septic's not claiming anything; i'm just glad someone got the internet up and running.
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He wouldn't have gotten very many points for that post as it was a quote, but it was very informative in showing that the Internet is not the same thing as the World Wide Web...you would not believe how many people are still under the impression that they are the same thing, or that Al Gore (former U.S. Vice President) created the Internet. |
What percentage of the Internet would the World Wide Web be in your estimate? Can anyone else start another WWW? Or is that already in existence for other organisations? Also would there then be space for the Military to have their communications outside the WWW? I.e. talk their own language?| deanhills wrote: |
| I thought it was What percentage of the Internet would the World Wide Web be in your estimate? Can anyone else start another WWW? Or is that already in existence for other organisations? Also would there then be space for the Military to have their communications outside the WWW? I.e. talk their own language? |
I don't have a clue as to what percentage of the Internet would be used at any given time by the WWW. I wouldn't even begin to know where to look for that answer. The Internet as a whole is a bunch of protocals (FTP, IRC, HTTP, SMTP, POP, NNTP, Telnet, etc.) that are constantly in use. The "World Wide Web" is generally regarded as the HyperText Transfer Protocal (HTTP), but all the protocals used actually comprise the whole.
I'm pretty sure you could write (author) your own protocal for use on the Internet, but it would have to go through a very drawn out process of establishing itself via a huge amount of public testing (the RFC process alone could take years), and then it would have to be adopted as a standard. Even if your new protocal made it through all the testing and adoption there would be no assurances that people would even want to use it.
As for the Military being able to talk to each other in thier own languages...who can really say that they don't/can't do that right now?
Internet is not a very old phenomenon
It just has evolved very rapidly
It just has evolved very rapidly
| Vrythramax wrote: |
| As for the Military being able to talk to each other in thier own languages...who can really say that they don't/can't do that right now? |
| deanhills wrote: |
| ...I'm now more convinced than ever that these are more lies so that those regulations can give him greater power for electronic surveillance |
@deanhills
I don't think your far off the mark there, and the power those regulations would give the government (as a whole) would not just fade away...they would get more stringent over time. If they find they can get away with doing something once, they won't stop with doing it just once...they will push it to the limit and cite your (previous) acceptance as defacto permission to not only continue, but make it more widespread and encompassing.
"Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutly".
| lagoon wrote: |
| I can't believe all you Yanks always try and claim the achievement of British Tim Berners-Lee in creating the World Wide Web... |
without the internet our current society wouldnt exist. It brings all of us together
| Lucy wrote: |
| without the internet our current society wouldnt exist. It brings all of us together |
You can't be serious, the internet is only one small factor in everyday life, and society is not dependant on someone being able to check thier email or update thier facebook page. It (the Internet) does make communication easier, but people have always been able to find a way to communicate...IF they want to.
Has anyone seen a Sci fi movie made 20 years ago depicting internet
| yagnyavalkya wrote: |
| Has anyone seen a Sci fi movie made 20 years ago depicting internet |
| yagnyavalkya wrote: |
| Has anyone seen a Sci fi movie made 20 years ago depicting internet |
I don't know of the movie your talking about, but the Internet itself was most certainly around more than 20 years ago...the World Wide Web hasn't been around that long though.
Tim Berners-Lee has helped me waste thousands of hours 
here is an example of his first email
jkjkjhjhjhjhjh
or something random like that
but if he was the creator of internet etc who did he send his email to
here is an example of his first email
jkjkjhjhjhjhjh
or something random like that
but if he was the creator of internet etc who did he send his email to
tims berner lee has done the great job, but the greater job is in our hands. We all can make the web a better place. It is the future of the web we must really care about. the web itself being so dynamic, has changed by leaps and bounds, by Moores Law, over the last 50 years.
The Internet is so amazing, like they say " a global village" makes the world such a smaller place..
Tim Berners-Lee admits that the two // in the web address weren't necessary .
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haha! It's funny that he apologies couple of years later! 
He's funny!
The internet all became between some universities in the US that wanted to link up together, we learn that at school that's nice!
This thing is really addictive!!
We can learn tons of things but sometimes it's also bad...
Internet is good and bad at the same time!
WE ALL NEED TO GET A REAL LIFE!
He's funny!
The internet all became between some universities in the US that wanted to link up together, we learn that at school that's nice!
This thing is really addictive!!
We can learn tons of things but sometimes it's also bad...
Internet is good and bad at the same time!
WE ALL NEED TO GET A REAL LIFE!
Internet is history now it is more than twenty years old I guess we need something new
can someone tell as to what will be the course of the evolution of Internet in the years to come that actually will give us a picture of what it intends to be to all of us
The internet is one of the greatest inventions that has ever been made, but it's not very safe/secure. Every invention has a downside to it and even thought here are millions of threats onn the internet (viruses, trojans and scams) everybody still has the courage to still use this technology.
| yagnyavalkya wrote: |
| can someone tell as to what will be the course of the evolution of Internet in the years to come that actually will give us a picture of what it intends to be to all of us |
Asking IT experts is no guide to accuracy either. Remember some of the famous predictions by those in the know?
| Ken Olson (DEC Computers) - 1977 wrote: |
| There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. |
| Bill Gates wrote: |
| We will never make a 32 bit operating system. |
| Popular Mechanics - 1949 wrote: |
| Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 19,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps only weigh 1.5 tons. |
| Editor for Prentiss Hall - 1957 wrote: |
| I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year |
and so on.....
I was using the internet back in the late 1970s, and at that time it was inconceivable that it would become largely commercial-driven. In those days advertising of any sort was strictly forbidden. Any guesses about the future are just that - guesses.
If you want my guesses then:
a) Speeds will continue to increase so interactive and multimedia capabilities will continue to grow.
b) Attempts at political interference/censorship will continue but have little success
c) Pirating of video will become as prevalent as mp3 pirating currently is.
d) AI will become more important with predictive and intelligent search engines and personal software assistants that monitor the web for your requirements.
e) The internet will become the standard repository for all human knowledge. This process is well underway already with many academic journals and publications now available on-line.
f) Traditional newspapers will continue to decline with most people getting most of their news and current events from the net. Traditional journalism will face a crisis pretty soon.
Those are not particularly long-term predictions because I really don't have much of a clue beyond the next couple of decades....
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I've seen it too many times to care anymore... I suppose the users of frihost are of a higher calibre than the US people I have spoken to before.
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