What is the Internet?
How the Internet Came to Be
Defense Department Project - DARPAnet - 1969
develop a way to share resources
develop a way to span distances
develop a way to develop more other ways
Early versions
Unix-to-Unix-Copy-Program (UUCP and UUNET)
Usenet news (UNC and Duke)
TCP/IP - 1973
easy to implement
easy to extend
assumes stronger connectivity
assumes distributed authority and responsibility
National Science Foundation Net - NSFnet - 1986
access to supercomputers
access to distant areas
Organizations
Internet Society
1992
Internet Engineering Task Force
Electronic Frountier Foundation
Commercial Internet Exchange
TERENA - Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association
RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens)
Major Applications
SMTP or e-mail
telnet or remote terminal
ftp or File Transfer Protocol
Gopher for menued access
WAIS for searching
World Wide Web for everything!
WWW vs. Gopher growth
SunSITE WWW Statistics
Virtual Reality Modeling Language
How BIG is it?
Ga. Tech Stats
Network Wizards Stats
Internet Society Stats
Comprehensive list of WWW Sites