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The document discusses the history and components of the internet. It describes how ARPANET was developed by the US Defense Department in 1969 as the first computer network and precursor to the internet. Key protocols like TCP/IP, email, telnet, FTP, and HTML were subsequently developed to enable connectivity and information sharing over the growing worldwide network known as the internet. The internet now links organizations, universities, companies and individuals globally and provides a variety of online services.

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What Is Internet

The document discusses the history and components of the internet. It describes how ARPANET was developed by the US Defense Department in 1969 as the first computer network and precursor to the internet. Key protocols like TCP/IP, email, telnet, FTP, and HTML were subsequently developed to enable connectivity and information sharing over the growing worldwide network known as the internet. The internet now links organizations, universities, companies and individuals globally and provides a variety of online services.

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TE BACK-BONE OF

COMMUNICAION
WHAT IS INTERNET?
• IT IS THE LARGEST COMPUTER
NETWORK LINKING UNVERSITIES ,
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS,
COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS &
PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS.
• IT OFFERS WORLD WIDE WEB,
E-MAIL & VARIETY OF SERVICES
WHAT IS CYBERSPACE
HOW DID IT ORIGINATE
• The term Cyberspace originated form the famous
novel “Neuromancer” by William- Cubson. In it ,
he created characters who communicated with
computers through wires connected to Brian.
• He called this process as Cyberspace & later it
became the synonym of INTERNET.
What is ARPANET?
• ARPANET stands for Advanced Research Project
Agency Network.
• In 1969 , the Defence Department of USA
developed a communicating system in which
remote computers were connected & secret
messages of scientists were transferred through
telephone wires.
• This system was called ARPANET & is
considered as forerunner of INTERNET.
What is TELNET & FTP?
• TELNET was the communication software
used in ARPANET to support the transfer
of messages.
• FPT stands for File Transmission Protocol.
• It was another communication software
used in the past.
What is TCP/IP?
• TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol
/Internet Protocol) is an interface with
which many networks can be connected
together .
• It was developed in 1979.
What is USENET?

.
• USENET is a network of computers that
connected Universities together .
• Later it became a part of INTERNET.
How could INTERNET
turn to Multimedia?
• When the graphical interface Gopher &
World Wide Web were introduced in 1991
for commercial purpose in INTERNET.
• It is a step forward in the field of
Multimedia.
What is Archie?
• Archie is an interface developed by Mc Gill
university.
• This eased searching INTERNET
information.
What is known as
Hytelnet?
• Hytelnet is an interface developed by the
Saskatchewan University of America with
which the files of information getting
through TELNET can be searced.
What is known as
Hypertext?
• It is the body of text where some or all of
the information is linked , so that when the
user clicks on a word he can find out more
about the word or be transported to another
area of the document that contains related
information.
• This is an option in Internet browsing.
What is HTML &
Web page?
• HTML stands for Hypertext Markup
Language . An author uses this to create
web pages.
• Web page is an HTML document seen in a
browser . These include text , graphics &
other multimedia .

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