History of the Internet

Assalamualaikum everyone.

I would like to share about the history of internet and it's growth throughout the civilization development.

What Was the "Victorian Internet"?

-The telegraph.

-Invented in the 1840's.

-Used during American Civil War

-Used Morse Code(dots and dashes)

Definition of Internet
A network of networks, joining many government, university and private computers together and providing an infrastructure for the use of E-mail, bulletin boards, file archives, hypertext documents, databases and other computational resources

• The vast collection of computer networks which form and act as a single huge network for transport of data and messages across distances which can be anywhere from the same office to anywhere in the world.
• Uses TCP/IP protocols and packets switching.

Brief History of the Internet

Year	Progress
1968	DARPA(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) contracts with BBN(Bolt,Beranek &Newman) to create ARPAnet
1974	TCP specification by Vint Cerf
1984	On January 1, the Internet with its 1000 hosts converts en masse to using TCP/IP for its messaging

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