where the internet began
Posted on 15. Sep, 2008 by Robert Jooste in Internet
I was busy browsing the internet last night and came to thinking: where did the internet start?
I know that it was never the intention for the internet to be what it is now. I thought started at an Univeraty where they developed a network that allows everyone to view specific “Pages” on another Computer.
I was soon told that the internet was developed and created by the US milatary. They used it to securely send and receive their data over a network. This quickly began to get big. With their recources they could do almost anything. So they did.
to get back to my point:
I did some searching of “where the internet began” and came accross wikipedia’s website: History of the internet.
I found this aswell in my searches:
Invention of the Internet
Many people think that the Internet is a recent innovation, when in fact the fundamental ideas behind the Internet have been around for over a quarter century.
The development of what we now call the Internet started in 1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite, beating the United States into space. The powers behind the American military at the time became highly alarmed as this meant that the USSR could theoretically launch bombs into space, and then drop them anywhere on earth. In 1958 the concerns of people in the US military triggered the creation of the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
DARPA’s initial role was to jump start American research in technology, find safeguards against a space-based missile attack and to reclaim the technological lead from the USSR. After only 18 months after the creation of DARPA, the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency had developed and deployed the first US satellite. DARPA went on to have a direct contribution to the development of the Internet by appointing Joseph Licklider to head the new Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO).
It was the job of the IPTO to further the work previously done my members of the “SAGE” (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) program and develop technologies to protect the US against a space-based nuclear attack.
Licklider envisaged the potential benefits of a countrywide communications network, influencing his successors to implement his vision and to hire Lawrence Roberts who at that time was carrying out research with networks which was also being funded by DARPA.
Read more here
So there you have it. That is how the internet got started.
The future of the internet? Web 2.0? web 3.0?
What do you think the internet is going to do/be in a couple of years time?
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Francois Viljoen
Sep 15th, 2008
I learnt about the history of the Internet when I was studying computer science at university. It really is fascinating to know where it all started.
I think the Internet is eventually going to replace the major channels for communication – like radio and television.
I think it’s going to eventually become the all-in-one entertainment-vis-research-vis-communication channel for most people.
Robert
Sep 15th, 2008
I agree with you there.
I think that work will one day revolve around the internet. I have a lot of clients who’s main concern is their emails. If they don’t get emails, they don’t make money.
I know of a few people who blog for a living. And without the internet they would be out of a Job. So I think the internet is going to be the main source of income one day…
If its not that already.