| Internet, also known as the World Wide
| |
| | people to communicate through it. There
|
| Web, did not always exist. This is hard
| |
| | was email. It was not as friendly as it
|
| to believe for my 4 year old son. For
| |
| | is today, by no means, but it was easy
|
| him, it is natural and simple to play an
| |
| | enough for non-technical people to use
|
| Internet game, or sit with me to look at
| |
| | it, to communicate and share files and
|
| pictures of his favourite TV show online.
| |
| | resources.The network grew, there was a
|
| So I decided it would be a good idea to
| |
| | lot of content and it became necessary to
|
| tell him, and many others, a bit about
| |
| | have easier ways to find the information.
|
| how Internet became what it is today. I
| |
| | The first Internet index was created in
|
| will keep it simple, avoiding the usage
| |
| | 1989. It was called Archie. You had to
|
| of technical terms.Back on 1969, a
| |
| | learn a set of commands to be able to
|
| network called ARPANET was born. This
| |
| | search Archie. The first browser, gopher,
|
| network evolved to be the Internet we
| |
| | was a text browser. It was created in
|
| know today. ARPANET was created by ARPA,
| |
| | 1991, at the University of Minnesota,
|
| which stands for Advanced Research
| |
| | and got its name from the University
|
| Projects Agency. ARPA is the central
| |
| | mascot, the golden gopher. You did not
|
| research and development organization for
| |
| | need to learn commands to use gopher. You
|
| the Department of Defense of the United
| |
| | just typed in a number to select the menu
|
| States. At first, ARPANET connected 4
| |
| | option you wanted. The next step was the
|
| educational institutions. By 1971, it
| |
| | first graphical browser. It was created
|
| connected 15. This network was not easy
| |
| | in 1993 and it was called Mosaic. Mosaic
|
| to use nor open to the wide public.
| |
| | evolved to be Netscape, a very successful
|
| People who used it (computer experts,
| |
| | graphical browser. Then other graphical
|
| scientists, engineers) had to learn a
| |
| | browsers entered the picture, like
|
| complex system. As years went by, and
| |
| | Internet Explorer. Browsers let us use
|
| thanks to the hard work of several
| |
| | the Internet and hide all its complexity
|
| visionnaires, this network matured and
| |
| | from us.
|
| became easier to use, allowing more
| |
| |
|
