HISTORY OF THE INTERNET

By: Jocelyn Corral & Wendy Solis

What is the Internet ?

The internet is at once a world-wide broadcasting capability , a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location.

The Pros and Cons of the Internet

Pros: easy access , speed, global communication, multimedia, news weather and current events

Cons: reliability, organization, security, and addiction .

Internet development

A HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNET 1. Static Content 2. Dynamic Content Through Gateway Programming 3. Scripting 4. Visual Basic Internet Applications

Founder of the Internet

Vint Cerf is an American computer scientist ,who is recognized as one of “the fathers of the Internet.”

On September 10 1973, at the University of Sussex Vint Cerf gave the first public presentation of a seminal piece of research that would define the modern internet.

Thomas Reardon

He is most well known for his work on Internet Explorer

He is a math and science prodigy attended classes at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

He moved to North Carolina where he started his Microsoft career.

TIMELINE

Internet Users

Most highest Internet Usage

Most Known Internet Browsers

Podcast

http://gigaom.com/2013/05/16/podcast-the-history-of-the-internet-of-things-includes-a-swedish-hockey-team-and-legos

Vint Cerf Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmTh2PSXA8M

Bibliography

http://gigaom.com/2013/05/16/podcast-the-history-of-the-internet-of-things-includes-a-swedish-hockey-team-and-legos

http://www.internetsociety.org/internet/what-internet/history-internet/brief-history-internet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmTh2PSXA8M

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet

http://www.internetworldstats.com/top20.htm