History of Internet

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History of internet, ARPANET, internet network, TCP/IP, IP address, ICANN, Information Processing Techniques Office, galactic networks, computer science, internet transition, personal computers, smartphones, ENIAC, ENIGMA, cryptography, packet transmission, HTTP, RFC, internet governance, digital calculators, computer rentals, IBM, self-regulation, internet counter-culture, optical telegraph, electric telegraph, telephone, pre-internet networks, computer history, internet prehistory, NASA, ARPA, Information Processing Bureau, IPTO, galactic networks concept, domain names, internet regulation, internet utopias, internet values, network effect, internet exchange, pre-computer machines, Hollerith punched card machine, census acceleration, cryptography history, state administrations, companies data management, magic science, complex calculations, statistical needs, mini computers, mainframe computers, personal digital assistant, PDA, smartphone evolution, internet protocols, web development, internet history timeline, digital communication, computer networking, internet technology advancements, internet societal impact.

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Explore the evolution of the internet from its predecessor networks to the modern-day internet, covering key milestones and technological advancements.

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[...] Prehistory of Computing 3 contexts: - Calculators - State administrations, companies, data, census - Cryptography: science of magic In the years 80/90, Hollerith creates a punched card machine destined to to accelerate the census of the states and the American government. It also creates a company (future IBM) here they do not sell computers but offer computer rentals with technicians. During World War II, there is an explosion of cryptographic technologies. ENIGMA is a machine that does [...]

[...] From 1985 to 2007: internet transition. The computer becomes a communication tool and computer science becomes inseparable from other human activities. + Economic digitization. From 2007 to the present: Smartphones Before 2007, phones were summarized to PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) and we could not phone. It is from 2001 that the phone and PDA are combined which forms the smartphone. II) From Arpanet to Internet In 1958 it is the creation of ARPA so that American technologies are superior to Soviet technologies and military research is advanced ? [...]

[...] Project funded by the army but aims at communication. Transmission by 'packets'. 1969: first network: birth of ARPANET. Self-regulation: instance of regulation ICANN gives domain names, the only true instance of internet. Protocol http (web). TCP / IP: internet network ? IP address. RFC: documents that govern the internet. Anyone can write and submit, then community decisions. Arpanet name change ? Internet Conclusion Snowball effect of the internet network ? counter-culture and its utopias that give values to the internet. [...]

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