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1962 - Scientist J.C.R. Licklider Comes Up With

The document summarizes the history and development of the Internet and World Wide Web. It discusses how the ARPANET was created in 1969 connecting computers at universities. The first email was sent in 1971 using the @ sign. TCP/IP protocols were invented in 1983 allowing for interconnection of network devices on the early Internet. The World Wide Web was developed in 1990, which is a collection of information accessed via the Internet. The Internet is the global network of networks, while the Web is a service that operates using the Internet infrastructure. The document also discusses how the Internet has enabled efficient scientific communication and sharing of information to further research.

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1962 - Scientist J.C.R. Licklider Comes Up With

The document summarizes the history and development of the Internet and World Wide Web. It discusses how the ARPANET was created in 1969 connecting computers at universities. The first email was sent in 1971 using the @ sign. TCP/IP protocols were invented in 1983 allowing for interconnection of network devices on the early Internet. The World Wide Web was developed in 1990, which is a collection of information accessed via the Internet. The Internet is the global network of networks, while the Web is a service that operates using the Internet infrastructure. The document also discusses how the Internet has enabled efficient scientific communication and sharing of information to further research.

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HISTORY

 1957 – Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik. In response, the United States created the Advanced
Research Projects Agency, or ARPA.
 1962 – scientist J.C.R. Licklider comes up with the idea for a global computer network. He later shares his idea
with colleagues at the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).

 1969 – ARPANET was created and connecting computers at four universities across the country.
 1971 – the first email was sent using @ sign in ARPANET
 1983 – Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol invented – communication protocols used to interconnect
network devices on the internet. This is when the term 'Internet' became widely used to describe the concept of a
worldwide network or connected networks.
 1990 – birth of the World Wide Web - collection of information which is accessed via the Internet
 2000s – marks the beginning of wireless Internet for all. Social-media revolution had begun. Number of Internet
users reaches 2 billion
The Internet is a global network of networks while the Web, also referred formally as World Wide Web (www) is
collection of information which is accessed via the Internet. Another way to look at this difference is; the Internet is
infrastructure while the Web is service on top of that infrastructure.
Stands for "World Wide Web." It is important to know that this is not a synonym for the Internet. The World Wide Web,
or just "the Web," as ordinary people call it, is a subset of the Internet. The Web consists of pages that can be accessed
using a Web browser. The Internet is the actual network of networks where all the information resides.
Contribution on scientific development
The internet became a convenient means of scientific communication. It became the powerful tool in helping scientists in
finding answers to the questions that interest them. Also scientists can share their knowledge to other people enabling
them to send email and transfer files. Also, through scientific journals that are being posted, it provided a means for
scholars to communicate their findings that was far more efficient than the personal letters previously used.
Here’s a specific example, Scientist are working on Human Genome Project to identify all of the approximately 100,000
genes that are responsible for human development. This project is medically important, because many diseases such as
diabetes and some forms of cancer have a large genetic component. Scientists working on the genome project are
producing an astonishing amount of information. If published in books, descriptions of the DNA sequences of all the
human genes would require more than 200,000 pages. Fortunately, in just the blink of an eye by the use of internet, users
can access this information efficiently and conveniently. Other scientists can use this information as reference to further
understand and improve their research, which can potentially lead to new medical treatments.

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