Internet History
- 1. Internet History by: Carressa Kightlinger
- 2. Random facts In 1968 the APRA got awarded the ARPANET Contract to BBN. In 1973 They began to develop something called TCP/IP. In 1974 was the first use of the internet by Cint Cerf and Bob Kahn.
- 3. More Random facts The main reason the internet was designed was to provide a communications network that would work even if some of the sites were some how destroyed. The internet began working in 1969 under a contract.
- 4. Random facts Continued Computer professionals used computers, and so did engineers, and scientists, and librarians too. In 1991 the first friendly interface to the Internet was produced and the University of Minnesota. The University wanted to create a simple menu system so that they could access files and information on campus through their local network.
- 5. The Gopher System Within a couple of years there were over 10,000 gophers’ world wide. If your using the gopher system, it will be pretty easy to use first you type or click on a number to select the menu selection that you want to use. The gopher is pretty nice to have.
- 6. Other Information The internet is a very interesting thing. You can do lots of things on there, like for instance you can check your e-mail, and play games on there, also you can watch movies online, and you can look up recipes to cook things. Those are a lot of different things that you can do on the internet.
- 7. Other Information Continued. The internet will change over the years, because it needs to change. People in the early 1960s saw great potential value in allowing computers to share information on research and development in scientific fields, and also military fields as well.
- 8. The End!