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The history of the Internet originated in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks.The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet, arose from research and development in the United States and involved international collaboration, particularly with researchers in the United Kingdom and France.
The U.S. government opens the Internet to commercial use, before then the Internet was mainly used by scientists and the military. 1992 The very first photo is posted on the Internet.
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A plaque commemorating the "Birth of the Internet" was dedicated at a conference on the history and future of the internet on 28 July 2005 and is displayed at the Gates Computer Science Building, Stanford University. [237] The text printed and embossed in black into the brushed bronze surface of the plaque reads: [2] [nb 1]
Image credits: Ask_me_4_a_story #3. I think the transition is that I (sixtyish) have noticed is that I expect technology to change. I expect an iPhone with new features.
The Internet (or internet) [a] is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) [b] to communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that consists of private , public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of ...
1999: America Online has over 18 million subscribers and is now the biggest internet provider in the country, with higher-than-expected earnings. It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December.