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Read a brief history of the Internet—from those who made it. Learn about its origins, concepts, documentation, and more.
The history of the Internet has its origin in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks.
The internet went from just sending messages from one computer to another to creating an accessible and intuitive way for people to browse what was at first a collection of interlinked websites. The Web was built on top of the Internet.
The internet got its start in the United States in the late 1960s as a military defense system in the Cold War. For years, scientists and researchers used it to communicate and share data...
The Internet is a system architecture that has revolutionized communications and methods of commerce by allowing various computer networks around the world to interconnect. The Internet emerged in the United States in the 1970s but did not become viable to the general public until the early 1990s.
January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other. A new communications protocol was established called Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol (TCP/IP).
This “Brief History of the Internet” was written in 1997 and explores these sections: Origins of the Internet. The initial internetting concepts. Proving the ideas. Transition to widespread infrastructure. The role of documentation. Formation of the broad community. Commercialization of the technology. History of the future.