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| - | When was the Internet invented? | + | == When was the Internet invented? |
| There isn't a single correct answer. | There isn't a single correct answer. | ||
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| Several milestones are commonly used: | Several milestones are commonly used: | ||
| - | Date What Happened | + | | Date | What Happened |
| - | 1945 Vannevar Bush publishes As We May Think, introducing ideas that influenced hypertext. | + | | 1945 | Vannevar Bush publishes As We May Think, introducing ideas that influenced hypertext. |
| - | 1960 J.C.R. Licklider publishes Man-Computer Symbiosis. | + | | 1960 | J.C.R. Licklider publishes Man-Computer Symbiosis. |
| - | 1969 The first ARPANET connection is established. | + | | 1969 | The first ARPANET connection is established. |
| - | January 1, 1983 TCP/IP replaces NCP on ARPANET, creating the technical foundation of the modern Internet. | + | | January 1, 1983 | TCP/IP replaces NCP on ARPANET, creating the technical foundation of the modern Internet. |
| Each milestone marks an important step in the evolution of the Internet. | Each milestone marks an important step in the evolution of the Internet. | ||
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| == Did the Cold War create the Internet? == | == Did the Cold War create the Internet? == | ||
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| The Cold War unquestionably shaped the environment in which Internet research developed. Following Sputnik, the U.S. government dramatically increased investment in advanced scientific research. At the same time, researchers like Paul Baran studied how communication networks could remain functional even if parts of the network were destroyed. His work on distributed communications and packet switching became one of several important building blocks of modern networking. But saying the Internet was “built to survive nuclear war” simplifies a much larger story. The Internet emerged from many overlapping goals, including scientific collaboration, | The Cold War unquestionably shaped the environment in which Internet research developed. Following Sputnik, the U.S. government dramatically increased investment in advanced scientific research. At the same time, researchers like Paul Baran studied how communication networks could remain functional even if parts of the network were destroyed. His work on distributed communications and packet switching became one of several important building blocks of modern networking. But saying the Internet was “built to survive nuclear war” simplifies a much larger story. The Internet emerged from many overlapping goals, including scientific collaboration, | ||
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| - | Why GeekHistory Covers the Internet | + | ===== Why GeekHistory Covers the Internet |
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| I've been studying computing and telecommunications since the 1970s. The deeper I looked into the history of the Internet, the more I discovered that many of its most influential contributors have been pushed into the margins while a handful of famous names became the entire story. That's exactly the kind of history GeekHistory exists to tell. Our Internet series follows the visionaries, | I've been studying computing and telecommunications since the 1970s. The deeper I looked into the history of the Internet, the more I discovered that many of its most influential contributors have been pushed into the margins while a handful of famous names became the entire story. That's exactly the kind of history GeekHistory exists to tell. Our Internet series follows the visionaries, | ||
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| - | Soviet Sputnik spurs American technology research | + | |
| + | **[[why-was-internet-created-1957-sputnik-launches-arpa| Why was the internet created? 1957: Sputnik launches ARPA]]** | ||
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| - | Internet History | + | **[[when-was-internet-invented-jcr-licklider-guides-1960s-arpa-vision| Internet visionary |
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| Internet History 1960s: Paul Baran developed packet switching | Internet History 1960s: Paul Baran developed packet switching | ||
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| - | Internet History 1970s: | + | **[[1980s-internet-protocols-become-universal-language-computers| |
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| Internet History 1990s: Who invented the world wide web? | Internet History 1990s: Who invented the world wide web? | ||
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