Internet Technology

History of Internet

The internet had its roots during the 1960's as a project of the united states government department of defense to create a non-centralized network. This project was called ARPANET ( Advance Research Agency of Networks ) to provide a secure and survivable communication network organisations engaged in defense related research. In to make networks more global a new sophisticated standard protocol was needed they develop IP (Internet Protocol) technology which defines how electronic messages were packaged addressed and sent over the network. The standard protocol was invented in 1977 and was called TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol). TCP/IP allow users to link the various branches of other complex networks directly ARPANET, which soon come to be called the internet.

Researchers and academics in their other fields being to make use of the network and eventually the NSF (National Science Foundation) which had created a similar and parallel network called NSFNET, to over much of the TCP/IP technology from ARPANET and establishes a network of networks capable of handling for greater traffic. In 1985 NSF being a program to establish internet access across the Unites States. They created a backbone called the NSFNET and opened their door to all education facilities, academic researches, government agencies and International Research Organisations. By 1990s the internet experienced an explosive growth. It is estimated that the number of computers connected to internet was doubling every year.