history of the internet

Running head : HISTORY OF INTERNET

History of Internet

Term Abstract

This focuses on the History of Internet , in terms of its origin and evolution and various developmental stages . The various stages of the net : the internet , ARPANET , Usenet etc are discussed to help the reader understand where and how the internet came from . Understanding the history of current global computer network is a crucial step towards building the future network . The highlights the Vision that guided the origin and development of the Internet . The talks about the technological , operational

, social and the commercialization aspects of the internet history

The term `Internet ' was coined on October 24 , 1995 . However the origin of the internet and related concepts are much older . The present day Internet is the revolutionized face of the nascent day communication system and is the most successful examples of benefits of sustained investment and commitment to information infrastructure (Leiner et al 2003 . The unprecedented integration of collaboration , dissemination embarked by a series of gradual changes that the society has undergone with respect to the communication and connectivity needs

As described by Kristula (1997 , it was in 1957 that the USA formed ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency ) within the DoD (Department of Defence ) to establish US lead in science and technology applicable to the military . Until 1960 's , the computers operated almost exclusively in batch mode , where programs were punched on stacks of cards and assembled into batches for the data to be fed in the local computer center . The need for the time sharing system had already set the stage for research and development work to make the time sharing possible on the computer systems

In an article , Hauben (1995 , stated that the time sharing system led the foundation for the Interactive Computing , where the user could communicate and respond to the computer 's responses in a way that batch processing did not allow . Both Robert Taylor and Larry Roberts , future successors of Licklider as director of ARPA 's IPTO (Information Processing Techniques Office , pinpoint Licklider as the originator of the vision which set ARPA 's priorities and goals and basically drove ARPA to help develop the concept and practice of networking computers Licklider has been described as the father of modern day network , having laid the seeds of the Intergalactic network , the initial prototype of the Internet today

The vision of the interconnection and interaction of diverse communities guided the creation of the original ARPANET . The APRANET pioneered important breakthroughs in computer networking technology and the ability to collaborate and use dispersed resources (Winston , 1998

In 1962 , Paul Baran , a RAND research worker introduced the concept of `Packet Switching , while working towards the need of the U .S government to take command and control of any kind of nuclear attack Packet switching was crucial to realization of computer networks and described breaking down of data into 'message blocks ' known as packets datagrams , which were labeled to indicate the origin and the destination . Baran 's...