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ARPANET
Network (ARPA) in the late 1960's. Its purpose was to link computers at Pentagon-funded research institutions used telephone lines. -
USENET
an early non-centralized computer network for the discussion of particular topics and the sharing of files via newsgroups. -
TCP/IP
TCP/IP specifies how data is exchanged over the internet by providing end-to-end communications that identify how it should be broken into packets, addressed, transmitted, routed and received at the destination. -
DNS
the system by which Internet domain names and addresses are tracked and regulated. -
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language, a standardized for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on the internet. -
dail-up
The first internet service provider -
Archie
The first search engine used to find stuff on the internet -
Gopher
protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents over the Internet. -
World Wide Web
an information system on the Internet which allows documents to be connected to other documents by hypertext links. -
CERN
Made the world wide web for everyone to enjoy. -
WIFI
communication for wireless local area networks
