The Evolving Internet

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Devi Ayu Gumilang (106218010)
IR-B 2018 (Group 3)

The Evolving Internet

           The origins of the Internet date back nearly 40 years, with the U.S. military's funding of a research network dubbed Arpanet in 1969. (Carolyn, 2009, p.1). ARPANET, in full Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork purpose was always more than military, but, as more academic facilities connected to it, the network did take on the tentacle-like structure military officials had envisioned. The internet essentially retains that form, although on a much larger scale and arose from a desire to share information over great distance without the need for dedicated phone connections between each computer on a network. The end of ARPANET’s day arrived in 1990 because there is another free and commercial online services like Prodigy, FidoNet, Usenet, Gopher, and many more others rose, and as NSFNET became the internet’s backbone with the introduction of the World Wide Web.

Inside the Internet

            Internet is becoming quite popular for accessing information on any topic and it also provides tremendous opportunities to student, research, and professionals for getting information on matters related to academic and professional topics and lot more. The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/ IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope. (n.d, p.52).


Internet is that it is quick to use to online information. Information crucial to us or any important files can be easily taken by the hackers. There is no entity to controls the internet.

Internet Protocols

-TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) provides and easy to understand description of how TCP/IP works in the internet to transfer information, the language of internet, and connecting different types of networks and computer system.

-IP Address (Internet Protocol address) is a row of 32-bit binary numbers up to 128 bits are used as identification address for each host computer in the Internet network. Each internet host computer has a unique IP address to facilitate delivery of data packets For example is 172.146.80.100

Internet Access Options

           The term broadband commonly refers to high-speed Internet access that is always on and faster than the traditional dial-up access. Broadband includes several high-speed transmission technologies such as: Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) : standard phone lines, Cable modems: fast Internet connections, Satellite dishes: radio waves and satellite relays, High-speed wireless connections: radio waves. 
To connect directly to the internet, in addition they have the equipment and the expertise to monitor and block unauthorized or illegal access which means use an ISP or internet service provider or provider and there are online services to offer extra services such as news and chat rooms.

 

Reference :

1.      Marsan, C,. Duffy. (2009). The Evolution of the Internet. Retrieved from https://www.networkworld.com/article/2870267/the-evolution-of-the-internet.html

2.      (n.d). INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET. Retrieved from http://download.nos.org/coa631/ch3.pdf

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