Transcript Yee, William

The Internet
By: William Yee
Group 17
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What’s the Internet??
An interconnected system of networks that
connects computers around the world via
the TCP/IP protocol.
Some Linkages:
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Copper wires
Fiber-optics
Wireless
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What to Do with the Internet?
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History
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True or False?
Did Al Gore invented
the Internet???
Not really, but DID
support the growth
and development of
the Internet from 70s’
– present.
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Thank the Russians…
1957: USSR launched ‘Sputnik’
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An Artificial Earth Satellite
Originally designed to carry nuclear warheads
1958: U.S. created Advanced Research
Projects Agency (ARPA)
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Department of Defense (DoD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA)
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1969: ARPANET was born…
Was the 1st network
2 Specific Colleges Hosted the Network:
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UCLA
Stanford
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UCLA--|III|------------|III|--Stanford
Charley Kline (UCLA) message to
Stanford:
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"We typed the L and we asked on the phone,
"Do you see the L?"
"Yes, we see the L," came the response.
"We typed the O, and we asked, "Do you see
the O."
"Yes, we see the O."
"Then we typed the G, and the system
crashed"…
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1970s
APRANET grew very popular, particularly large
companies and programs. (i.e. NASA)
1971: Only 23 hosts on APRANET
1972: Ray Tomlinson created the E-mail.
1973: Global Networking became a reality.
1977: E-mail became wide-spread (>100)
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Over 100 hosts on APRANET
1979: News Groups was born.
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1st Multiuser Dungeon (MUD)
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1980s
1982: TCP/IP became standard
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Computer was named Time “Man of the Year”
1983-84: Domain Name System (DNS)
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Manage Internet hosts
1986: Realization of the Internet
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5000 hosts, 241 News Groups
Established 56Kbps
1987: Commercialized Internet
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28,000 hosts
1989: 1st commercial e-mail
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100,000 hosts
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1990s
1990: 300,000 hosts & 1000 News Groups
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ARPANET ended, spreads its network to other
companies.
‘Archie’ was established as 1st search engine
1992: “Surfing the Internet”
1993: WWW was established
1995: “dot-com bubble” begins
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Netscape Browser
1996: Enter Microsoft
1997: 19.5 Million hosts, 1 Million WWW sites, >
71,000 News Groups
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2000 – Present
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The Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers
Created on September 18, 1998
Non-profit Organization
Responsible for global coordination with
domain names and IP addresses.
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Maintain global stability and security
Application Fee: $50,000 non-returnable
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Internet Users Statistics
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Statistics
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Statistics
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Some Internet Technology
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Mobile Internet
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File Sharing
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Voice Over Internet Protocol
the routing of voice
conversations over
the Internet or
through any other IPbased network.
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VOIP Tidbit..
“According to data from In-Stat's market
research US Residential VoIP Market
Tracker service, more than 10.6 million US
households now have at least one active
VoIP user, up from approximately 9 million
households at the end of Q3.”
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Instant Messaging Programs
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In Conclusion…
The Internet is one of the greatest
achievements in the world of
telecommunications.
The Internet is cool…
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A Moment of Zen
A Series of Tubes
A Series of Tubes (2nd Attempt)
If All Else Fails...:(
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Bibliography
http://www.web-friend.com/help/general/pc_history.html#1990
http://www.netvalley.com/cgi-bin/intval/net_history.pl?chapter=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
http://www.voipmonitor.net/2007/03/28/VoIP+Continues+To+Grow+In+US+
Households.aspx
http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_arpanet.htm
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN
http://www.icann.org/
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