The History of the Internet

The internet was created by none other than the manpigbear hunter himself, Al Gore... NOT!

"the first large-scale Internet was created — a set of interconnected US military computers. The idea was simple: if an attack was laid down on one part of the system, the rest of the system would still be operational enough to blow the hell out of whoever was attacking the country"

Back then computers were huge bulky machines, primitive compared to computers we have today. Between the 70s and 80s Usenet was developed, a bulletin board system a simpler version of email. Universities were connected all across the United States and used the early version of the internet to trasmit experimental date and other educational resources.

"In 1973 the first international (and indeed intercontinental) connection was made to the University College of London in England."

Finnaly in 1991 the World Wide Web was released by CERN developed by Tim Berners. From there the internet caught on and people quickly began creating web pages using basic HTML. The internet encountered a big boom and has formed into what it is now with online shopping, games, video streaming, pr0n, music, and much more!

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