Internet Access
Internet Access
by john york
It would be helpful to provide a brief historical summary of the
Internet before jumping into the different means of accessing "The Net".
The Internet was developed primarily by Vinton Cerf, an American
computer scientist, in 1973 as a part of a United States Department of Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency project managed by American Engineer, Robert
Kahn. In 1984, the project was turned over to the private sector and to
government research and scientific agencies for further development. In 1993,
the Internet was turned over to the public and by early 1995 access was
available in over 180 countries and there were over 30 million users. It is
expected that 100 million computers will be connected to the public Internet by
the year 2000.
The public Internet can be accessed in several different ways: through
a LAN, by a host, terminal access or gateway access. A LAN is a Local Access
Network where there are a group of computers and......
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