Surfing the Internet
Surfing The Internet
Michael LaCroix Eng 101 Dr. Sonnchein 4/10/96
Chances are, anyone who is reading this paper has at one time, at least, surfed the net once. Don't worry if you haven't, I will explain everything you need to know about the Internet and the World Wide Web. Including how it started, it's growth, and the purpose it serves in today's society.
The Internet was born about 20 years ago, as a U.S. Defense Department network called the ARPnet. The ARPnetwork was an experimental network designed to support military research. It was research about how to build networks that could withstand partial outages (like bomb attacks) and still be able to function. From that point on, Internet developers were responding to the market pressures, and began building or developing software for every conceivable type of computer.
Internet uses started out with big companies, then to the government, to the universities and so on.
The World Wide Web or WWW, is an information service that is on the Internet.
The WWW is based on technology called hypertext, and was developed for physicist so they could send and retrieve information more easily. The WWW basically is a tool for exploring or surfing the Internet. The WWW is an attempt to organize the Internet so you can find information easier moving threw document to document. Why do I need to know this?
Well now that I got threw all the techno-babble, let's get down to it. If you know how to utilize the Net, in just five minutes you could trade information and comments with millions of people all over the world, get a fast answer to any question imaginable on a scientific, computing, technical, business, investment, or any other subject. You could join over 11,000 electronic conferences, anytime, on any subject, you would be broadcasting your views , questions, and information to millions of other partic There has never been anything like it in the history of the world, and in this English class we've covered a lot of
Michael LaCroix Eng 101 Dr. Sonnchein 4/10/96
Chances are, anyone who is reading this paper has at one time, at least, surfed the net once. Don't worry if you haven't, I will explain everything you need to know about the Internet and the World Wide Web. Including how it started, it's growth, and the purpose it serves in today's society.
The Internet was born about 20 years ago, as a U.S. Defense Department network called the ARPnet. The ARPnetwork was an experimental network designed to support military research. It was research about how to build networks that could withstand partial outages (like bomb attacks) and still be able to function. From that point on, Internet developers were responding to the market pressures, and began building or developing software for every conceivable type of computer.
Internet uses started out with big companies, then to the government, to the universities and so on.
The World Wide Web or WWW, is an information service that is on the Internet.
The WWW is based on technology called hypertext, and was developed for physicist so they could send and retrieve information more easily. The WWW basically is a tool for exploring or surfing the Internet. The WWW is an attempt to organize the Internet so you can find information easier moving threw document to document. Why do I need to know this?
Well now that I got threw all the techno-babble, let's get down to it. If you know how to utilize the Net, in just five minutes you could trade information and comments with millions of people all over the world, get a fast answer to any question imaginable on a scientific, computing, technical, business, investment, or any other subject. You could join over 11,000 electronic conferences, anytime, on any subject, you would be broadcasting your views , questions, and information to millions of other partic There has never been anything like it in the history of the world, and in this English class we've covered a lot of
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