internet infrastructure and the history of the world wide web presentation, fall 2012
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Internet infrastructure and
History of the World Wide Web
Graham GarnerE-Business Practicum BA/CA 388-01
Wartburg College • Fall 2012
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History of the Internet
http://vimeo.com/2696386
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Milestones of the Internet
• Oct. 1957 – USSR launches Sputnik satellite
• Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) of U.S. Dept. of Defense seeks to protect confidential military information
• 1969 – ARPA forms ARPANET, first Internet
• 1990s – Internet becomes available to general public
• 1995 – Yahoo creates directory of sites and pages to help people find good information
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Milestones of the Internet
• Late 1990s – Dot Com Industry booms Internet grows too large for Yahoo to organize well
• Google forms after creating a way to count links and give good relevance to searches
• Sept. 2001 – The 9-11 attacks cause the market to plunge, as does the dot com industry
• Web gets reinvigorated as a social networking tool as well as commercial business
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Milestones of the Internet
• Sites like Friendster, MySpace and Facebook change the way people interact on the Web… Web 2.0
• Blogging software becomes popular, allowing anyone to create a Web site
• Too many blogs to keep track of causes Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds to be developed
• New York Times the first newspaper to use RSS feeds; all others follow suit
• Mobile web is gaining in popularity
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How the Internet Works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5oe63pOhLI
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World Internet Usage and Population
World Regions
Population (2011)
Internet Users (Dec.
31, 2000)
Internet Users (Dec. 30,
2011)
Percentage of Population
Growth (2000-2011)
Percentage of Table
Africa 1,037,524,058 4,514,400 139,875,242 13.50% 2988.40% 6.20%
Asia 3,879,740,877 114,304,000 1,016,799,076 26.20% 789.60% 44.80%
Europe 816,426,346 105,096,093 500,723,686 61.30% 376.40% 22.10%
Middle East 216,258,843 3,284,800 77,020,995 35.60% 2244.80% 3.40%
North America 347,394,870 108,096,800 273,067,546 78.60% 152.60% 12.00%
La6n America / Carib. 597,283,165 18,068,919 235,819,740 39.50% 1205.10% 10.40%
Oceania / Australia 35,426,995 7,620,480 23,927,457 67.50% 214.00% 1.10%
WORLD TOTAL 6,930,055,154 360,985,492 2,267,233,742 32.70% 528.10% 100.00%
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Internet Users in the World Distribution by World Regions
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
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Domain Names
When the Domain Name System was devised, in the 1980s, the domain name space was divided into two main groups of domains.The country code top-level domains (ccTLD) were primarily based on the two-character territory codes of ISO-3166 country abbreviations.
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Domain Names
In addition, a group of seven generic top-level domains (gTLD) was implemented which represented a set of categories of names and multi-organizations.
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Domain Names
Gov[ernment]
Edu[cation]
Com[mercial]
Mil[itary]
Org[anisations]
Net[work]
Int[ernational]
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