The origin of the internet was
traced all the way back as early as the 1950’s
Experts consider the 1957 USSR launch of
Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite, as the triggering event that led
to the development of one of man’s creative discoveries in the 20th
century. In response to the former
Soviet Union’s historic accomplishment, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower
established the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) with the aim of
further developing science and technology applicable to US military activities. ARPA successfully developed the first US satellite in
a span of a year and a half.
Dr. J.C.R. Licklider, Head of
ARPA’s research team tasked in improving computer applications for military
use. Licklider would lay the foundation
for what would become the ARPANET after he expanded the technology that reached
the private sector and universities.
In 1969, the BBN Company used
Honeywell mini computers in creating a four-node network. The participating institutions are UC Santa
Barbara, Stanford Research Institute, University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Utah. The first exchange of letters appearing on
far-off monitors was between UCLA and Stanford. Also that year, SATNET or Atlantic Packet
satellite Network was introduced. US and
Europe were connected for the very first time
with the use of an Intelsat satellite.
With the growing numbers of
developers and users of the technology, a governing body known as the Internet
Activities Board (IAB) was created in 1983.
After almost a decade, a new and more organized group was formed. The Internet Society was chartered to
control, manage and find ways to improve the traffic of the worldwide web.
In today’s fast-changing world,
the internet has been a major source or medium of information, news,
entertainment, communication, business and other activities for millions of
people in the around the world. Many
believe that the internet technology is still young and greater innovations in
the cyberspace are still waiting to be discovered.
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