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History of Internet

The work on Internet was started in 1960s during the Col War of Russia and America. America wanted to communicate with its Armed Forces. A network of four computers was developed in the beginning for this purpose.

ARPANET

During Col War, Russia launched Sputnik satellite and America developed a network known as APRANET. It was developed for Advance Research Project Agency (APRA). APRA worked on a project to send information to armed forces at long distances. Different organizations and universities also involved in this research.

Paul Baran

In 1964, Paul Baran published a paper on Distributed Communication Networks. It was a theoretical idea for data transfer. It included:

• Decentralization of data storage
• Digital Packets
• Routes for data transfer

NCP Protocol

Protocol is a collection of rules. In 1970s, NCP (Network Control Protocol) was developed. It was the first standard protocol for data transfer.

DARPA

DARPA stands for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. It was a new name of APRA. Now 37 computers were connected together. DARPA started work to share data not only on single network but also among different networks. Stanford Research Institute took part in this networks.

BITNET & CSNET

BITNET stands for Because It’s Time Network and CSNET stands for Computer Science Network. These were established for non-military persons. These networks were used for academic and research purposes. In these networks, IBM computers and university computers were connected together.

World Wide Network

Soon the idea of Internet came out. Different universities and research institutes started work on a global network. In 1986, NSFNet was developed. It connected academic researched of different countries together.

Internet

Internet is now the largest network in the world. Millions of computers are connected together through different medium. People can share information, data. Any computer with a modem and telephone line can become a part of the Internet.

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