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Who created the internet?
So, who did create the Internet?
In 1958 the USSR's launch of Sputnik into space prompted the United States to create the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), which was later changed to DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency). Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider was enlisted and his vision was to establish a universal network.Networked computing in America
ARPA researched the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) program, which had networked countrywide radar systems together for the first time. Thereafter, it was determined that universal networking was potentially viable.Paul Baran, who had written an exhaustive study for the U.S. Air Force that recommended packet switching (as opposed to Circuit switching), was recruited. After much work, the first node went live in 1969. This was known as the ARPANET.
International networked computing
In 1978 the British Post Office, Western Union International and Tymnet collaborated to create the first international packet switched network (IPSS). By 1981 this network covered most of the world's influential countries.On 1st January 1983 the National Science Foundation (NSF) built the first TCP/IP wide area network. This date is seen as some as the birth of the Internet.
Computing for the masses
Commercially, the Internet became accessible from 1985. This was code-based but by the end of the 80s, an Englishman, Tim Berners-Lee had begun creating HTML and HTTP. This formed the World Wide Web. The first web page to be displayed was that of CERN.So who really created the Internet?
Well, no one person, organisation or country actually created the Internet. Without any of the above and others not mentioned you would not be reading this article.Don't forget; you can buy or sell computing equipment online at yoobos.com Or browse our Articles section to review more interesting content.
