INDIVIDUAL PROFILE |
The Internet has revolutionized the computer and communications world like nothing before. The invention of the telegraph, telephone, radio, and computer set the stage for this unprecedented integration of capabilities. The Internet is at once a world-wide broadcasting capability, a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location.
The Internet represents one of the most successful examples of the benefits of sustained investment and commitment to research and development of information infrastructure.
The aim of the research was to know the latest developments in cyber media. As a team we divided ourselves in groups and each one of us had to collect information in our areas.
My job was to do research on the history of Internet and development of Internet in India. Also I helped my team mates in the analysis of the respective topics that are
- E-paper
- Blogging
- Portals
- E-commerce
- Web TV and Radio
- Voice chat/conferencing
- Online Services
According to research I came to know in the,
History of Internet:
In the year 1969, the Department of Defence (DOD) , USA, built a network called ARPANET, ARPA stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency. The idea behind Arpanet was to enable sharing of data between various government-funded research centres. The centres included business and universities that were equipped with the latest computer technology at that time.
The arpanet stated with just four computers on the network. It connected University of California at Los angeles, University of California at Santa Barbara, stanford Uiversity (also in California), and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
ARPANET became so popular that all the Universities in the country wanted to join it. To meet the demand. ARPANET was converted into:
- MILNET, which was only for the military sites.
- The new, smaller ARPANET, which had the non-military sites.
By 1972, there were 40 different sites attachted to ARPANET. A few years later, in 1980, another network called the Computrer Science Research Network (CSNET) was linked to ARPANET. The CSNET was created to connect several independent networks. This was he birth of Internet.
In the later half of 1980, the National Science Foundation also built its own network NSFNET which was also linked to the other two main networks. It was a powerful network in terms of speed as it was used to connect the super computer centres of the NSF.
As the networking technology developed, new networks were being formed which were all linked to the ARPANET, CSNET and the NSFNET. All these networks connected togther came to be known as the Internet. Eventually the ARPANET and the CSNET closed down and NSFNET, being a better network, became the main network linking the other networks on the Internet. |
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