The Internet has undoubtedly changed the way people think, act and communicate. It is interesting to note the backbone of the Internet, the computers powering it, came to fruition and began functioning by basically thinking, acting and communicating together.
According to the Internet Society's Web site (and the film we viewed in class), the 1973 ARPA research project (ARPAnet) was commissioned to discover a way to send "packets" of information remotely from one system to another. TCP/IP was born from this endeavor, and as a result, the Internet.
The ARPAnet founders' decision to use TCP/IP as the sole method of communication between computers was a far-reaching effect, one felt thirty-four years later (and will continue to affect the Internet into the foreseeable future). These tiny packets of information in the 1970s have now turned into huge files. Videos, games, programs and music are just some of the files available for download on the Internet, and more specifically, the World Wide Web.
Without the foresight of the scientists, politicians and countless others involved in the infancy of the Internet, the World Wide Web would not exist in the slightest capacity it does today. The transmission of information, sharing of files and instant communication between people is just one interesting parallel that bridges the gap between man and machine.
Sources:
www.isoc.org/internet/history/
www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1/
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