The History of Internet

Internet comes from a word which means inter-network

The Internet is a computer network established by Department of Defense of the United States in 1969, through a ARPA project called ARPANET (Advanced Research Project Agency Network), where they demonstrate how the hardware and UNIX-based computer software, we can make communication who unlimited through the phone line.

ARPANET project designing a network, reliability, how much information can be transferred and finally all the standards that they set into the embryo of a new protocol development is now known as TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol).

The initial purpose of the construction project was for military purposes. At that time Department of Defense of the United States (U.S. Department of Defense) create a computer network system that is spread by linking computers in areas vital to address the problem in case of nuclear attack and to avoid the occurrence of centralized information, which in the event of war can be easily destroyed.

At first ARPANET only connecting 4 sites, ie the Stanford Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Utah, where they form a single integrated network in 1969 and in general the ARPANET was introduced in October 1972. Not long after the project is growing rapidly in all regions and all universities in the country wanted to join, thus making it difficult to set the ARPANET.

Therefore, ARPANET split widened to be two part, namely "MILNET" for military purposes and "ARPANET" which smaller for non-military purposes. Combined both networks eventually known as the DARPA Internet, which then be simplified with called the Internet.

History of other important

In 1972, Ray Tomlinson managed to complete the e-mail program that he created a year ago for the ARPANET. E-mail program is so simple it immediately became popular. In the same year, the "@" is also introduced as an important symbol that shows the "at" or "on". In 1973, ARPANET computer network were developed outside the United States.

Computer University College in London is the first computer that is outside the United States who are members of ARPAnet network. In the same year, two computer experts that Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn presented a bigger idea, which became the forerunners of the Internet thinking. This idea was presented for the first time at the University of Sussex.

The next historic day is March 26, 1976, when the Queen of England managed to send an e-mail from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment at Malvern. A year later, already more than 100 computers on ARPANET joined to form a line or network. In 1979, Tom Truscott, Jim Ellis and Steve Bellovin, creating the first-named newsgroups USENET. In 1981 France Telecom creates a buzz by launching the first television telephone, where people can call each other while associated with the video link.

Because the computers that form a network of daily increasing, it needed a formal protocol that is recognized by all networks. In 1982 established Transmission Control Protocol or TCP and Internet Protocol or IP as we know it now. Meanwhile in Europe appear counter computer network known as Eunet, which provides computer network services in these countries the Netherlands, Britain, Denmark and Sweden. Eunet network providing e-mail and USENET newsgroups.

To homogenize the address on existing computer networks, then in 1984 the domain name system was introduced, which now we are familiar with DNS or Domain Name System. Computers that are connected with the existing network has more than 1000 computers more. In 1987 the number of computers that are connected to the network soared 10-fold to 10,000 more.

In 1988, Jarko Oikarinen of Finland discovered and at once introduced the IRC or Internet Relay Chat. A year later, the number of interconnected computers soared 10-fold return in a year. No fewer than 100,000 computers are now forming a network. 1990 is the year's most historic, when Tim Berners Lee to find a program editor and browser that can roam between one computer to another computer, which forms the network. The program is called www or the World Wide Web.

In 1992, computers that are connected to each other form the network has exceeded a million computers and in the same year the term surfing the internet. In 1994, the website has grown to 3000 pages address, and for the first time in a virtual-shopping or e-retail surfaced on the internet. The world changed. In the same year Yahoo! established, which is also as-born Netscape Navigator.

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