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Computer Program Home Page
713 wordsSometime in the mid 1960 's, during the Cold War, it became apparent that there was a need for a bombproof communications system. A concept was devised to link computers together throughout the country. With such a system in place large sections of the country could be nuked and messages could still get through. In the beginning, only government "think tanks" and a few universities were linked. Basically the Internet was an emergency military communications system operated by the Department of D...
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Began To Grow Tcp Ip
1,160 wordsThe internet has come a very long way in the past 50 years. New innovations such as integrated software and hardware has changed the way that poeple view and obtain information today. The internet is a global computer network connecting millions and millions of users throughout the world. "It is a network connecting many computer networks and is based on a common addressing system and communications protocol. "It has become one of the fastest growing forms of communication today (Encyclopedia Br...
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Radio And Television Electronic Mail
480 wordsThe internet is a computer-based worldwide information network. It is composed of a large number of smaller interconnected networks called internets. Unlike the traditional broadcasting media, such as radio and television, the Internet is a decentralized system. It can publish ideas, and can sell products with a minium overhead cost. The internets from which the Internet is composed are usually public access networks, meaning that the resources of the network can be shared with anyone logging on...
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Forms Of Media Censorship Of The Internet
825 wordsCensorship is a word that breeds strong emotions in many people. Whether it is associated with speech, fashion, or the access to information. Censorship has been around since before the time of the bible. It has caused wars and revolutions. Censorship has always been a staple of Dictatorship and Totalitarian governments. These types of governments thrive off censorship because it gives them power to control, restrain, and limit what people hear, read, see, and speak. Since the beginning of mass ...
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Advanced Research Projects Agency University Of California
341 wordsThe ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) was the basic founder of the internet. The created the first network ever called the ARAPNET. The first node on ARPANET was created at the University California Los Angeles (UCLA) on September 2, 1969. At the end of the year there were four nodes on the ARPANET. These were the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), and the University of Utah and the Stanford Research Institute (SRI). The ARPA NE...
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World Wide First Successful
636 wordsToday the Internet is a like a second world. You can get news, play games and even shop online. All this right from the comfort of your own home. But the Internet didn t just come out of the blue, it was triggered by a very important event back in 1957: The USSR launches Sputnik, the first artificial satellite. This was important because it was the start of global telecommunications. Satellites today play an important role in transmitting all types of data. President Eisenhower saw the need for ...
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Significant Events E Mail
866 wordsThe Internet is perhaps todays most influential technological advance. Significant events in history contributing to the development of the Internet can be traced back to as early as 1858. As the Internet expands in the future, it stands to gain control over much of the world. The earliest event in history leading to the development of the Internet took place in 1858. This was the laying of the Atlantic Cable. It was laid to provide instantaneous communication across the ocean. Although it was s...
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Ip Addresses Domain Names
781 wordsBy Internet Addressing Internet Addressing By Gail Battista Domain Name System lets you have name to number mappings on your computer. The name dec. even. uwa. edu. au is the number 130. 95. 4. 2 and vice versa. This is achieved through the DNS. The DNS is a heir achy. There are a small number of root domain severs that are responsible for tracking the top level domains and who is under them. The root domain servers between them know all about the people who have name servers that are authoritie...
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