Internet & WWW

The Internet has became the fastest and easiest way to access, send, and receive information. It’s a worldwide connection of thousands of computer networks all around the world. The history of the Internet and the World Wide Web is very elaborate and detailed as it’s been around for thirty years. In 1962, the idea for this massive network of computers came from the threat of a nuclear war. US Government officials were afraid that a centralized network would be easily destroyed and communication would be lost.
In the early 1960’s, the USSR launched Sputnik, that was the start of global telecommunications and the Packet-switching (PS) networks. The PS networks split data into tiny groups that made it difficult to track, giving the military more privacy. In response, the United States formed the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARAP) within the Department of Defense to publicize the fact that the US would lead in the science and technology capabilities for their mil...