Surfing The Internet
Surfing The Internet
Michael LaCroix Eng 101 Dr. Sonnchein 4/10/96
Chances are, anyone who is reading this paper has at one time, at least, surfed
the net once. Don't worry if you haven't, I will explain everything you need to
know about the Internet and the World Wide Web. Including how it started, it's
growth, and the purpose it serves in today's society.
The Internet was born about 20 years ago, as a U.S. Defense Department network
called the ARPnet. The ARPnetwork was an experimental network designed to
support military research. It was research about how to build networks that
could withstand partial outages (like bomb attacks) and still be able to
function.
From that point on, Internet developers were responding to the market pressures,
and began building or developing software for every conceivable type of computer.
Internet uses started out with big companies, then to the government, to the
universities and so on.
The World Wide Web or WWW, is an information service......
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