Humanities Course Paper
December 3, 2012
Introduction to the Humanities
Introduction
Through the past several decades the advancement of technology has evolved. Among one of the advancements was the Internet. The Internet is a worldwide of networks connecting millions of computers. Through the Internet countries are able to exchange data, news and opinions. It started in the 1960’s when the internet was originally being used for government which later evolved to the world (Computer history museum, 2006). Over the past forty years the internet has changed technology of computers and how the world communicates, online banking, social networking, and online shopping. The Internet we know today grew from seeds planted by the U.S. Government. The Department of Defense issued a twenty thousand dollar contract on December 6, 1967 for the purpose of studying the design and specification of a computer network (Internet History from ARPANET to Broadband, 2007). It was conceived by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. government in 1969 and was first known as the ARPANet (Computer history museum, 2006). The ARPA laid the groundwork which later became the internet. By 1992 the Internet has one million hosts (Ganna, 2006). Through the years the Internet has changed the way people live and run businesses. My project will walk through the discovery and evolution of the Internet.
History of the Internet The history of the Internet is extensive. Over the years the internet has went from government officials to the whole world using the internet. There is an estimation of 2.1 billion people using the internet worldwide. The following timeline walks through the discovery and evolution of the internet.
-1962: This Internet Timeline begins in 1962, before the word ‘Internet’ is invented. The world’s 10,000 computers are primitive, although they cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have only a few thousand words of magnetic core memory, and programming
Introduction to the Humanities
Introduction
Through the past several decades the advancement of technology has evolved. Among one of the advancements was the Internet. The Internet is a worldwide of networks connecting millions of computers. Through the Internet countries are able to exchange data, news and opinions. It started in the 1960’s when the internet was originally being used for government which later evolved to the world (Computer history museum, 2006). Over the past forty years the internet has changed technology of computers and how the world communicates, online banking, social networking, and online shopping. The Internet we know today grew from seeds planted by the U.S. Government. The Department of Defense issued a twenty thousand dollar contract on December 6, 1967 for the purpose of studying the design and specification of a computer network (Internet History from ARPANET to Broadband, 2007). It was conceived by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. government in 1969 and was first known as the ARPANet (Computer history museum, 2006). The ARPA laid the groundwork which later became the internet. By 1992 the Internet has one million hosts (Ganna, 2006). Through the years the Internet has changed the way people live and run businesses. My project will walk through the discovery and evolution of the Internet.
History of the Internet The history of the Internet is extensive. Over the years the internet has went from government officials to the whole world using the internet. There is an estimation of 2.1 billion people using the internet worldwide. The following timeline walks through the discovery and evolution of the internet.
-1962: This Internet Timeline begins in 1962, before the word ‘Internet’ is invented. The world’s 10,000 computers are primitive, although they cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have only a few thousand words of magnetic core memory, and programming
References: Internet History From ARPANET to Broadband. (2007). Congressional Digest, 86(2), 35-64. The article discusses the internet history that evolved from ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) established in 1957 Robinson, G. (2000). From geek to glamour in 30 years. New Statesman, 129(4494), iii. The article discusses the internet movement over the last thirty years Ganna , B. (2006). Computer history museum. Retrieved November 9, 2012 from http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/ Shahid, S. (2010). The internet is coming. Retrieved November 9, 2012 from http://www.newseum.org/news/2010/01/35-years-ago-in-news-history-the-internet-is-coming-.html Smith, R. J. (2010). How the internet has evolved in the past 10 years. Retrieved November 14, 2012 from http://ezinearticles.com/?How-the-Internet-Has-Evolved-in-the-Past-10-Years&id=3729354