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The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) developed by ARPA of the U.S. Department of Defense was the world's first operational packet switching network, and the progenitor of the global internet. During the 1950s, several communications researchers realized that there was a need to allow general communication between users of various computers and communications networks. This led to research into decentralized networks, queuing theory, and packet switching. The subsequent creation of ARPANET in the United States in turn catalyzed a wave of technical developments that made it the basis for the development of the Internet. The first TCP/IP wide area network was operational in 1984 when the United States' National Science Foundation (NSF) constructed a university network backbone that would later become the NSFNet. It was then followed by the opening of the network to commercial interests in 1995. Important separate networks that have successfully entered the Internet include Usenet, Bitnet and the various commercial and educational X.25 networks such as Compuserve and JANET. The collective network gained a public face in the 1990s. In August 1991 CERN in Switzerland publicized the new World Wide Web project, two years after Tim Berners-Lee had begun creating HTML, HTTP and the first few web pages at CERN in Switzerland. In 1993 the Mosaic web browser version 1.0 was released, and by late 1994 there was growing public interest in the previously academic/technical Internet. By 1996 the word "Internet" was common public currency, but it referred almost entirely to the World Wide Web. Meanwhile, over the course of the decade, the Internet successfully accommodated the majority of previously existing public computer networks (although some networks such as FidoNet have remained separate). This growth is often attributed to the lack of central administration, which allows organic growth of the network, as well as the non-proprietary nature of the Internet protocols, which encourages vendor interoperability and prevents any one company from exerting too much control over the network. The IEEE has assigned the 802.1 label to the internetworking among 802 LANs, MANs and other wide area networks, now known as the Internet.
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Answer The internet is the most profound invention since the invention of electricity. It allows users to easily access information about any topic, anywhere and anytime. Most information on the web is free making it appealing to hundreds of millions of users around the world. The internet is also a medium that allows users to interact with one another regardless of whether they are next door or thousands of miles away.
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How important is the internet in this age of globalization?
The internet has become very important in this age of globalization. The internet is has a wealth of information available. The internet has allowed people from across the globe to be able to communicate with each other. People use the internet daily to work and for education.
Does Java speed up your internet connection?
No. Java does not speed up your internet connection.
The internet was invented in 1756?
No. It started in the late 1960s and formally became the internet in 1989.
What type of software is used to view website pages from the internet?
Internet Browsers eg Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or anything that can read HTML( internet language).
Do jews own the internet?
No single entity "owns" the Internet, as it is a network of computers, routers, bridges, and so on that are owned by various organizations and individuals that, in sum, total the Internet.
