The Invention Of Internet

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INTERNET:
Introduction
The invention of 1960s has revolutionized the computer and communications world. It is a wide network of networks typically inter-connected by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies that has no geographical constraints whatsoever. Unlike technologies such as the telephone or the light bulb, the internet has no single ‘inventor’. Credit has to be given to dozens of pioneering scientists, programmers and engineers who overcame the obstacles of complex software and hardware designing over a period of time. The result is a miraculous medium of communication, often termed as the ‘information superhighway’. The history of internet can thus be termed as the ‘evolution’ of internet rather than the ‘invention’ of internet.
Who invented internet? When was it invented?
Leonard Kleinrock is often regarded to have come up with the initial idea of the internet. His Paper publication named ‘Information Flow In Large Communication Nets’ dated May 31st 1961, spoke of the possibility of a system called internet. J.C.R Licklider and Robert Taylor also had influential ideas on the creation of internet. Summer of 1968, Network Working Group (NWG) had its first meeting with the Stanford Resource Institute (SRI) and this meeting was headed by Elmer Shapiro and they resolved issues related to communications of host.
Licklider became the Director of US Depeartment of Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and this government agency is responsible for the creation of a time sharing network of computers known as the ARPANET, which is the predecessor of todays internet.
Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn invented TCP/ IP protocol in the 1970’s and in 1972 the idea of netwrking was introduced by Ray...

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...s are not telecaste, internet turns out to be the saviour.
Internet is a cost efficient alternative to almost all the important softwares available in the market, software cd’s could be a bit on the expensive side and many of these softwares can be downloaded from the internet for free. Hence for office workers and people from all sorts of business enterprices, internet is often seen to be a time saving and cost efficient measure to upgrade their management system.
Internet has managed to reduce the gap between the rich and poor, literate and illiterate, male and female. The closeness the common people share from all the nations can be attirubted to the internet. Today, a man from India, can be seen playing an online game with someone from Argentina. So the day we percieve the world as one is not far behind and the internet is the sole reason for such a major feet.

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