A Brief History of the Internet
The Internet's origins can be traced back to the 1960s with ARPANET, a U.S. military project designed to create a decentralized communication network that could withstand a nuclear attack. It was a network built on the principles of packet switching, where data is broken down into small "packets" and sent independently across various routes to be reassembled at the destination.
The development of the TCP/IP protocol suite in the 1970s provided a universal language for computers to communicate, laying the groundwork for a true network of networks. The invention of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, with its system of URLs, HTTP, and HTML, made the network accessible to a non-technical audience. This led to the browser wars of the 1990s and the explosive growth that has fundamentally reshaped modern society, commerce, and communication.
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