Josh Margolis
EMF140
November 2, 2015
History of Internet
Before the the Internet was created, linking the world, human beings were already thinking with a connected mind. While messages obviously were unable to be transferred electronically, humans invented different ways to trade information and news with other people. Firstly was the post. In order to send a friend a message, a letter would have had to been written and mailed. Mailing messages was a long process, often taking days to get one message to another person. This method (still used today) was not the most convenient because there is no urgency or speed in mailing a letter. Luckily in the mid 1800’s the telegraph was invented. Sent for the first time in 1838, the telegraph was the first instance of sending a message (4). A telegraph is defined “as the transmission of textual or symbolic messages without the physical exchange of an object. This is the first instance of a message being sent in a “virtual” sense (2). While messages could be delivered through the mail within a matter of days, a telegraph could be transmitted live. At the time this was quite a feat. When studying the creation of the internet, it is important to remember that not one single man directly created the web that we know today. Rather, many brilliant minds, over time, added and refined the experience for the greater good. Originally, the earliest version of the internet was constructed as a tool for US warfare. The United States
Janet Abbate’s Inventing the Internet explores the history of the Internet as "a tale of collaboration and conflict among a remarkable variety of players." (3) Abbate’s writing concentrates on the Internet’s development through social and cultural influences. The book explores the evolution of the Internet from ARPANET to global networks. The Internet’s expansion has existed within an interworking web of innovators; government and military, computer scientists, graduate students, researchers, cable and phone companies, network users, etc. The details given by Abbate affirm the book’s claim that the Internet was not
It is important to know the history of the internet. The internet is a worldwide network of computer systems that are connected to each other by cables (Howe, 2012). The internet first started out as a military experiment. In 1957, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was created by the United States department of Defense (Computer History Museum, 2004). The project was started after the Russians launched a satellite into space for communication reasons. The satellite was called SPUTNIK (Computer History Museum, 2004). It was rumored that President Eisenhower got worried and decided to get the United States to launch its own satellite. They recruited Dr. Joseph C. Licklider of MIT, was made head of the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO)(Computer History Museum, 2004). Their purpose of the project was to focus on improving the military use of computer information.
Throughout the world today, millions of people use the internet multiple times a day. Numerous amounts of articles that stress the fact how the internet is taking over the world. Along with the rise of the internet this information is spread rapidly. The rise of the internet has brought along a fear of technology in the future controlling life, and there are many articles that talk about the specific topic. Some articles also include a main focus of how the internet should be feared either by the illegal or sketchy actions that happens on behind the scene, the way that technology has its own nature through AI, and the easy access to anything on the internet with no true checking for identification on restricted sites. All of these articles have the same underlining theme that the internet can, and most times should be feared. With the fearsome internet security is a large aspect of everyone’s online life.
Never has a communications system played so many roles in our lives--or exerted such broad influence over our thoughts--as the Internet does today.
“We are all connected by the internet, like neurons in a giant brain”- Stephen Hawking. The internet allows us to communicate with each other. We are able to talk, text and even see each other in the world of technology. This majorly impacted communication from telegrams
The birth of the internet has really made our life so much easier. You can practically learn about anything with just a few clicks on your mouse. You don 't even have to spend money to make preparations like making a hotel reservation, booking a flight or joining tours. You can do everything online including researching on the places you wish to visit. With this easy access to information there 's no reason to be ill-prepared for traveling.What pertinent information will help make the trip a success? Let 's look at be all the information you can gather for the travel itself and for your stay in the place. You can save up on your airfare by looking out for low cost seats that somebody might have reserved but did not pay for. The best time to search online is after midnight, as this is the time that airlines reload their computer. Watch out for international flights that courier between major cities. Airfares are discounted by as much as 50% with an occasional free seat to boot. If an airline announces a sale, some others are sure to follow, so again be on the lookout. Bargain weekend fares are also available. Airlines also offer special prizes for senior citizens as well as students so make use of it if you or any of your companions fall under this category. If you 're flying within the country, some of the least expensive flights are available on the smaller airlines, patronize these instead. If you 're planning on driving don 't get caught flat footed. Know the local road
It would take days or months before a message was sent to a relative, a dear friend, a fellow business associate and a medical personnel. These mails would be sent by foot as “the earliest postal systems were often run by a local citizen out of his house. Postal carriers travelled by horse and would usually only carry documents” (Communication and Transportation, n.d.). Other methods of communicating during the 1800s, apart from paper and pencil were by newspapers and storytelling (1800’s Transportation & Technology, n.d.). Storytelling was seen as an important and vital part of history as very few people had the ability to read and write. Before the telegraph, communicating over long distances was usually only done during anytime the weather was good, as travelling and using flares to send messages were not the safest or the most appropriate during bad weather. As mentioned by Jo (2011) during our primitive and prehistoric ages, people developed some form of “wireless” networks which were used over long distances. These almost ancient methods used smoke signals, flashing mirrors, signal flares, torch signalling and
The Internet influenced the United States more than anything else in the 20th century. The Internet first technically started in 1969, when the U.S. Defense Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency or ARPA connected networks at the University of California and the Stanford Research Institute (SRI). From there, just three years later the creation of the Email was born by Ray Tomlinson of BBN. With many other novelties of the Internet coming soon after, such as the Domain Name System (DNS) establishing .edu and .com, and the first web browser, World Wide Web by CERN. As the Internet flourished in the late 1990s it became more usable to the public and soon became routine to use, making great changes in society. The Internet was integrated
Today, communication is taken for granted as almost everything is at the touch of our finger tips. We are no longer limited to how we can send messages like in people the 1800s. Today we have, more or less, perfected the technology and capability to communicate with others. Sending a message to one recipient or a mass of people is now simple, digital, and instantaneous. It is amazing to think about how we had to rely on
In the text, the author gives a historical overview of the internet. He tells us that the internet was not an overnight phenomenon and not a single person’s efforts. He gives us a timeline of the development of the internet and the degree of changes it went through to give us the internet that we have today.
As technology increased, so did the ability to use the Internet outside the confines of military purposes. In 1991, the official unveiling of the World Wide Web ushered in a whole new era, for this once simple and purpose-built tool. Many different world networks now had an organized and uniform online forum to connect within. At the mere click of a button, a user could have access to information from around the world (“Internet Regulation”). The Internet, however, had one major flaw: There was not an easy way to find what you were looking for.
Ever since the Internet first came into existence, people have utilized this medium as a means for communication, and as a
In the beginning, the internet was without form. It was in the early phases with agencies such as DARPA and educational institutes that we laying the ground for what the internet turned into. However, as the internet grew, not everyone used the same communication method so there had to be gateways installed on the border of networks in order to translate one type of protocol into another (Bellovin, S. M.). This was not good so the advent of TCP IP was constructed. This allowed for uniformed communication and thus brought on the rapid expansion of the internet.
While the Internet is still a fairly new invention, it is not an entirely new concept. Vannevar Bush had a big vision in 1945 of what the power of machines could do for organizing and retrieving information. He dreamt up a device, which he called the memex machine. “Bush’s imaginative machine allows for the entire body of human
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