What is Internet?
The internet in simple terms is a network of the
interlinked computer networking worldwide, which is accessible to the
general public. These interconnected computers work by transmitting data
through a special type of packet switching which is known as the IP or
the internet protocol.
Internet is such a huge network of several
different interlinked networks relating to the business, government,
academic, and even smaller domestic networks, therefore internet is
known as the network of all the other networks. These networks enable
the internet to be used for various important functions which include
the several means of communications like the file transfer, the online
chat and even the sharing of the documents and web sites on the WWW, or
the World Wide Web.
It is always mistaken said that the internet and
the World Wide Web are both the same terms, or are synonymous. Actually
there is a very significant difference between the two which has to be
clear to understand both the terms. The internet and World Wide Web are
both the networks yet; the internet is the network of the several
different computers which are connected through the linkage of the
accessories like the copper wires, the fiber optics and even the latest
wireless connections. However, the World Wide Web consists of the
interlinked collection of the information and documents which are taken
as the resource by the general public. These are then linked by the
website URLs and the hyperlinks. Therefore World Wide Web is one of the
services offered by the whole complicated and huge network of the
internet.
The use of IP in the Internet is the integral
part of the network, as they provide the services of the internet,
through different layers organization through the IP data packets. There
are other protocols that are the sub-classes of the IP itself, like the
TCP, and the HTTP.
How does Internet affect's our lives?
Internet is undoubtedly the most crucial technology of
the modern world, the useful application has not only made our lives
easier than ever before but it also plays a very important role in the
future developments.
Everyone is of course very well known that
internet has the global advantages than just a few concentrated ones.
With the introduction of the internet the global communication has
become a matter of just the finger tips of the users. The internet has
brought about the various different, innovative communication means like
the emailing, chatting, and the voice conversation system over the
internet.
These systems have not only made the
communication easy but also the daily lives interactions following the
business of people living on the other sides of the world. The other
blessings of the internet include the umpteen resources that we can get
on anything at all over the net and also the entertainment via the
games, websites, and media access which was never so easy before.
Everything has the negative aspect to it and so
does the internet, the biggest threat of the internet is in the
pornography and the security threats. Pornography is widespread over the
internet making it inappropriate to be used by the children below
certain age so as to prevent the psychological damage from the early
days. These sites are easily accessible and attractive for the teenagers
and young kids.
The security over the internet cannot be
guaranteed due to the major hacking techniques and theories, even the
interaction between the two strangers can lead to friendship and then
serious cases of murders and serial killers plots which have become
increasingly popular because of the internet launch.
Despite of a few major problems the Advantages of the Internet use clearly outweigh the few disadvantages.
History of Internet
The history of the Internet began with the development of electronic computers in the 1950s. The public was first introduced to the Internet when a message was sent from computer science Professor Leonard Kleinrock's laboratory at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), after the second piece of network equipment was installed at Stanford Research Institute (SRI). This connection not only enabled the first transmission to be made, but is also considered to be the first Internet backbone. This began the point-to-point communication between mainframe computers and terminals, expanded to point-to-point connections between computers and then early research into packet switching. Packet switched networks such as ARPANET, Mark I at NPL in the UK, CYCLADES, Merit Network, Tymnet, and Telenet, were developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s using a variety of protocols. The ARPANET in particular led to the development of protocols for internetworking, where multiple separate networks could be joined together into a network of networks.
In 1982, the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) was standardized and the concept of a world-wide network of fully interconnected TCP/IP networks called the Internet was introduced. Access to the ARPANET was expanded in 1981 when the National Science Foundation (NSF) developed the Computer Science Network (CSNET) and again in 1986 when NSFNET provided access to supercomputer sites in the United States from research and education organizations. Commercial Internet service providers (ISPs) began to emerge in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The ARPANET was decommissioned in 1990. The Internet was commercialized in 1995 when NSFNET was decommissioned, removing the last restrictions on the use of the Internet to carry commercial traffic.
Since the mid-1990s, the Internet has had a revolutionary impact on culture and commerce, including the rise of near-instant communication by electronic mail, instant messaging, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) "phone calls", two-way interactive video calls, and the World Wide Web with its discussion forums, blogs, social networking, and online shopping sites. The research and education community continues to develop and use advanced networks such as NSF's very high speed Backbone Network Service (vBNS), Internet2, and National LambdaRail. Increasing amounts of data are transmitted at higher and higher speeds over fiber optic networks operating at 1-Gbit/s, 10-Gbit/s, or more. The Internet continues to grow, driven by ever greater amounts of online information and knowledge, commerce, entertainment, and social networking.
