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Introduction. The Internet has revolutionized the computer and communications world like nothing before. The invention of the telegraph, telephone, radio, and computer set the stage for this unprecedented integration of capabilities.
1 kwi 2011 · The aim of this essay is to outline and analyze milestones in the history of the Internet. As technology advances, it presents new societal and ethical challenges.
The World Wide Web was invented in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at the European Particle Physics Laboratory (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland. Lee wanted to make the information he used for research on the Internet more organized and accessible.
The historiography of the Web and the methodologies and sources used to write about it are also different. It is of course possible to find common roots in the vision of the “founding fathers”, particularly the vision expressed in the idea of libraries of the future or the Memex of Vannevar Bush.
This chapter introduces a brief history review of Internet with focus on its original conception by starting by the initial packet-based network protocols and their evolution to TCP/IP. Expand
The history of the Internet is a recent one, focused on a permanently-moving object that is neither finished nor fixed . This history must also confront the living memories of those involved, and the way this innovation is viewed by contemporary society – for many people it is the embodiment of the “digital revolution” – as well as the ...
1. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INTERNET. Learning Objectives. At the end of this chapter, students will be able to do the following: • Describe the four major phases associated with the growth of the internet and the major technological, political, and economic developments associated with each.
