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MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF THE WEB

Starting point

I'd say the web actually started in 1957 in the Soviet Union with the launching of the Sputnik satellite. This was the earliest stage of the internet, which can be defined as a network of interconnected networks that share information through Internet Protocol. The original term for the Internet was "ARPANET," which stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network.

The development of the Internet came about for the following reasons:

Most important breakthrough

The thing that really made the World Wide Web workable was dial-up telephone lines. In 1962, J.C.R Licklider was the first to develop a network of computers capable of using ARAPNET. The communications through this network were put to use in December of 1969 when four computers in major universities went online using the dial-up method of connectivity. The Internet continued to develop after that point. Some examples of emerging Internet providers included:

  1. BITNET in 1981
  2. NSFNet of 1986
  3. Netscape of 1993
  4. And the first version of Microsoft Internet explorer of 1995, which most of us are familiar with

Most important person

The person who contributed most the Web as we know it was J.C.R Licklider of MIT because he was the first to connect public users to the internet.

A short biography on J.C.R Licklider can be found at:

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Modern day Internet

There are many attributes of the Internet that make it a very useful in modern day activities.
These attributes include:

The Internet has truly changed the lives of many by providing these various resources. Of course, each website is designed by an individual, or team of individuals. This fact allows websites to range from very personal to informal/business, based on market structures or the producer’s intentions.

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