Internet The Internet evolved from ARPA/DARPA.
Advance Research Project Agency
It was 1957 when the then Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite. Americans were shocked by the news. The Cold War was at its peak, and the United States and the Soviet Union considered each other enemies. If the Soviet Union could launch a satellite into space, it was possible it could launch a missile at North America.President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in 1958 as a direct response to Sputnik's launch. ARPA's purpose was to give the United States a technological edge over other countries. One important part of ARPA's mission was computer science. In the 1950s, computers were enormous devices that filled entire rooms. They had a fraction of the power and processing ability you can find in a modern PC. Many computers could only read magnetic tape or punch cards, and there was no way to network computers together.
Mention the history of the Internet to a group of people, and chances are someone will make a snarky comment about Al Gore claiming to have invented it. Gore actually said that he "took the initiative in creating the Internet" [source: CNN]. He promoted the Internet's development both as a senator and as vice president of the United States. So how did the Internet really get started? Believe it or not, it all began with a satellite.It was 1957 when the then Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite. Americans were shocked by the news. The Cold War was at its peak, and the United States and the Soviet Union considered each other enemies. If the Soviet Union could launch a satellite into space, it was possible it could launch a missile at North America.President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in 1958 as a direct response to Sputnik's launch. ARPA's purpose was to give the United States a technological edge over other countries. One important part of ARPA's mission was computer science.In the 1950s, computers were enormous devices that filled entire rooms. They had a fraction of the power and processing ability you can find in a modern PC. Many computers could only read magnetic tape or punch cards, and there was no way to network computers together.
It was developed by a company called ARPA which was associated with the US government for Military uses. The original name for the internet as we know now it was ARPANET and it was used by the US Military to communicate resources. I believe that a load of these ex US military bods then setup the wider internet using a basic UNIX shell to comunicate, FTP etc. It was then devolped by the major software houses of Microsoft, Apple etc and became used commercially.
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Well Dwight D. Eisenhower was the president in 1957, so I'm assuming it was him.
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Dwight Eisenhower created the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in 1958. He wanted technology to stay ahead of the Soviet Union.
.arpa was created in 1985.
Arpa Ke'un died in 1336.
Euphyes arpa was created in 1834.
José Arpa died in 1952-09.
José Arpa was born on 1858-02-19.