The Internet
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 and the World Wide Web. Including how it started, it's growth, and the purpose it serves in today's society. 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 ...
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document. Why do I need to know this? Well now that I got threw all the techno-babble, let's get down to it. If you know how to utilize the Net, in just five minutes you could trade information and comments with millions of people all over the world, get a fast answer to any question imaginable on a scientific, computing, technical, business, investment, or any other subject. You could join over 11,000 electronic conferences, anytime, on any subject, you would be broadcasting your views , questions, and information to millions of other partic There has never been anything like it in the history of the world, and in this English class we've covered alot of history. At a growing rate of about 20% per month is only getting bigger and if people don't start utilizing it's resources they could be road kill on this Information Superhighway. Hey, I'll bet in the middle of that last sentence another computer just got on-line to the Net.
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To try and put that number into perspective, that's over five times the size of CompuServe, America On-line, Prodigy, and all other on-line commercial information services combined. Or if you're not familiar with those services, it's more than the combined populations of New York City, London, and Moscow. Eri Just a few years ago, had a small exclusive domain of a small band of computer science students, university researchers, government defense contractors, and computer nerds. All of whom had free or cheap access through their universities or research labs. Because of the widespread free use, many people who used as students have demanded and received connections to from ...
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