Cultural Critique

Ali Alshowaiheen

Instructor : John Campbell

Writing 135

5 /28 /2008

Cultural Critique on the Internet

Through the onset of industrialization , countries all over the world had experienced remarkable changes in its society . Sophisticated technologies , gadgets and facilities had been made available to man These inventions , which are results of man 's work , pave the way to the society 's advancements . One of the most remarkable artifacts that the new milieu brought into picture is the internet

The advent of the internet came into vision when people in the early

br 1960s saw great potential value in allowing computers to share information on research and development in scientific and military fields (Brief History of the Internet . J . C . R . Licklider was said to be the pioneering person of the internet . In 1962 , he proposed a global network of computers and work to develop it (Brief History of the Internet . The initial efforts of Licklider had inspired other people to participate in designing and bringing internet into a complete picture The theory of pocket switching developed by Leonard Kleinrock `forms the basis of internet connections ' In the year 1969 , ARPANET (initial name given to internet ) was brought on line . It was first used to connect four Universities in the United States to provide a channel for research communication and exchange . Early times of internet use and connection were very complex . Furthermore , the used of the internet was only limited to education , government and research use . Commercial used of the internet was then prohibited . This prohibition was put to an end when the `dot-com boom ' in the second half of 1990 's hit the stock market and media (Gozzi Jr . 470 . Investments for the commercialization of the internet were in demand during these years . It was also during these times when Microsoft had its `full scale entry into browser server and Internet Service Provider market completed the shift t a commercially based Internet (A Brief History of the Internet . As seen today , the internet industry or the `dot-com ' economy is continuously growing and taking an advance step everyday

The definition as well as the of the internet was finalized and passed as a resolution on October 24 , 1995 . The following statement provides the definition and of the internet

RESOLUTION : The Federal Networking Council (FNC ) agrees that the following language reflects our definition of the term "Internet "Internet " refers to the global information system that -- (i ) is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the Internet Protocol (IP ) or its subsequent extensions /follow-ons (ii is able to support communications using the Transmission Control Protocol /Internet Protocol (TCP /IP ) suite or its subsequent extensions /follow-ons , and /or other IP-compatible protocols and (iii provides , uses or makes accessible , either publicly or privately , high level services layered on the communications and related infrastructure described herein (Leiner et al n .p

This technology grants mechanism to people throughout the globe to process and relay information without regard for geographic location . It has...