History of the Internet Illustrated by: Carl Angelo G. Angcana

History of the InternetIllustrated by: Carl Angelo G. Angcana

The Internet originated in the late 1960s

1960’s

US Dept. of Def.

ARPANet

Advanced Research Projects Agency network

the United States Defense Department developed ARPAnet (Advanced Research Projects Agency network)

an experimental network of computers designed to withstand partial outages such as a bomb attack.

The agency sought to create a web of computers that could continue to communicate with each other, even if some of the computers were disabled

Mid-1980’s

when desktop computer workstations became increasingly popular

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organizations wanted to connect their local area networks (LANs) to ARPAnet. If computers could link together and share resources, everyone would benefit.

National Science Foundation1986

To help speed the connections, the National Science Foundation (NSF) established

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five super computing centers in 1986, creating the NSFnet backbone

NSFnetNational Science Foundation Network

ARPAnet

MERIT NETWORK

INC.In 1987, the NSF signed a cooperative agreement to manage the NSFnet backbone with

Merit Network, Inc.,

1990’s

ARPAnet had been phased out

NSFnetNational Science Foundation Network

NSFnet continued to grow,

and more and more countries around the world connected to this Internet backbone.

1991 was a big year for the Internet:

World Wide Web

The National Research and Education Network (NREN) was founded and the World Wide Web was released.

The Internet is still dominated by scientists and other academics,

Mosaic BrowserWith the release of the Mosaic Web browser in 1993

Netscape Browserand Netscape in 1994, interest in and use of the World Wide Web exploded.

More and more communities become wired, enabling direct connections to the Internet.

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In 1995, the U.S. federal government relinquished its management role in the Internet

However, the presidential administration encourages continued development of the U.S. backbone of the Internet, also knows as the National Information Infrastructure

Thank you.

History of the InternetIllustrated by: Carl Angelo G. Angcana

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