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What is the internet?

What is the internet?. Introduction. What is the internet?

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What is the internet?

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  1. What is the internet?

  2. Introduction • What is the internet? • “…A system of interconnected computer networks using the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). It consists of millions of private and public networks linked by electronic, wireless, and optical technologies, serving billions of people worldwide…”

  3. The Internet is: • Hardware • (this is the very first production Computer for Google)

  4. The Internet is: • The world wide web

  5. The Internet is: • Your email (Browser and smtp based)

  6. The Internet is:

  7. The Internet is: • Instant Messaging • And so much more…

  8. Origins • The internet has its origins in the cold war • US response to Sputnik • In 1958 Eisenhower created ARPA – the Advanced Research Projects Agency. Launched in 1957

  9. Origins • Ted Nelson started Project Xanadu in 1960 with the goal of creating a computer network with a simple user interface • Coined the term Hypertext in 1965

  10. Origins • Out of ARPA, Joseph Carl RobnettLicklider (nicknamed Lick) publishes memos in 1962 predicting that computers could be interconnected in a global network through which everyone could access data and programs from anywhere.

  11. Origins • The first “internet” was called the ARPANET (it was made by ARPA) • “…ARPANET came out of our frustration that there were only a few powerful research computers in the country, and many researchers, who needed access to them, were separated from them geographically…” -Dr. Charles M. Herzfeld

  12. Origins • The first 4 ARPANET computers used different operating systems, forcing designers to come up with a common set of rules they all could follow. This was the Network Control Protocol (NCP). • In 1983, ARPANET switched to the TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL & INTERNET PROTOCOL SUITE (TCP/IP)

  13. 1975 – Telenet is established The first commercial Internet Anyone can access for a fee The result…

  14. Queen Elizabeth sent an email in 1976

  15. First Virus: • ARPANET Crashed in 1980 due to the first virus.

  16. Domain Name Server (DNS) • 1983 marks the advent of the first DNS • DNS allows you to type easy to remember names and have them turned into the IP address of the site you wish to visit • Phone Book of the Internet

  17. W3 Builds quickly • 1992 - Over 1,000,000 computers connected to the Internet • 1993, both the UN and the White House create their websites • 1994, Amazon and Yahoo Launch • 1995, Sun releases Java, Ebay, AOL & MSN go live

  18. 1996 - The “Browser Wars” • Fight between “Netscape Navigator” an “Microsoft Internet Explorer” • IE Wins but uses illegal means according to a 1998 anti-trust case • IE peaks with 96% of internet users in 2002 (then Firefox begins eating away)

  19. More History • 1997 - Business.com sold for $150,000 • 1998 - Google and Paypaldebut • 1999 - Business.com sold for $5,700,000 • 2000 - The Web now has more then a billion pages • 2001- Wikipedia is started and P2P filesharing developed

  20. More History • 2002 - First social network created (LinkedIn) • 2003 - Launch of MySpace (side note, Switzerland started voting online) • 2004 - Web2.0 first mentioned, Facebook, Flickr, Orkut, Digg and World of Warcraft go live

  21. 2005- YouTube (first video)

  22. Recent History • 2006 – Twitter • 2007 – First iPhone and Kindle • 2008 – Android Released • 2009 – • 2010 – Stuxnet Virus targets Nuclear Facilities in Iran (Cyber Electronic Warfare) • 2011 – Arab Spring • 2012 – ???

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