THE INTERNET Flashcards
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THE INTERNET
Network
Innovation
Communication
Information
Connectivity
The internet began as a _ project during the_, created to share information securely between computers. What started as a small research network in the _ has grown into the global system we rely on today.
U.S. military
Cold War
1960s
In _ , _ introduced the concept behind the internet in his paper “Information Flow in Large Communication Nets,” laying the groundwork for _ and eventually the World Wide Web
1961
Leonard Kleinrock
ARPANET
First successful message sent between two computers (UCLA and Stanford).
1969
_introduces network email. The Internet Working Group (INWG) forms to address need for establishing standard protocols.
1972
BBN’s Ray Tomlinson
The first Internet Service Provider (ISP) is born with the introduction of a commercial version of ARPANET, known as Telenet.
1973
_, developed by _, is the foundation of internet communication. This protocol allows different computer networks to connect and share data by breaking it into packets.
1974
TCP/IP
Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn
_ (DNS) introduced in 1983 (.com, .org, .edu, etc.).
_ officially adopts TCP/IP, marking the birth of the “Internet”
Domain Name System
ARPANET