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History of Internet

The history of the Internet began in the 1950s with point-to-point communication between mainframe computers and terminals. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, packet switched networks like ARPANET were developed using various protocols. ARPANET led to the development of protocols for connecting multiple networks, creating the precursor to the Internet. In 1982, TCP/IP was standardized, establishing the concept of a worldwide network of interconnected TCP/IP networks called the Internet. Local area networks connect devices in limited areas like homes or offices, while metropolitan area networks connect multiple LANs within a city. Wide area networks relay data across geographic boundaries between locations for business and government use.

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History of Internet

The history of the Internet began in the 1950s with point-to-point communication between mainframe computers and terminals. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, packet switched networks like ARPANET were developed using various protocols. ARPANET led to the development of protocols for connecting multiple networks, creating the precursor to the Internet. In 1982, TCP/IP was standardized, establishing the concept of a worldwide network of interconnected TCP/IP networks called the Internet. Local area networks connect devices in limited areas like homes or offices, while metropolitan area networks connect multiple LANs within a city. Wide area networks relay data across geographic boundaries between locations for business and government use.

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The history of the Internet starts in the 1950s and 1960s with the development of computers.

This began with point-to-point communication between mainframe computers and terminals, expanded to point-to-point connections between computers and then early research into packet switching. Packet switched networks such as ARPANET, Mark I at NPL in the UK, CYCLADES, Merit Network, Tymnet, and Telenet, were developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s using a variety of protocols. The ARPANET in particular led to the development of protocols for internetworking, where multiple separate networks could be joined together into a network of networks.
In 1982 the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) was standardized and the concept of a world-wide network of fully interconnected TCP/IP networks called the Internet was introduced.

A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area such as home, school, computer laboratory or office building.[1] The defining characteristics of LANs, in contrast to wide area networks (WANs), include their usually higher datatransfer rates, smaller geographic area, and lack of a need for leased telecommunication lines. A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a computer network that usually spans a city or a large campus. A MAN usually interconnects a number of local area networks (LANs) using a high-capacity backbone technology, such as fiber-optical links, and provides up-link services to wide area networks (or WAN) and the Internet. A wide area network (WAN) is a telecommunication network that covers a broad area (i.e., any network that links across metropolitan, regional, or national boundaries). Business and government entities utilize WANs to relay data among employees, clients, buyers, and suppliers from various geographical locations. In essence this mode of telecommunication allows a business to effectively carry out its daily function regardless of location. WANs are used to connect LANs and other types of networks together, so that users and computers in one location can communicate with users and computers in other locations. Many WANs are built for one particular organization and are private.

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