Did the U.S create the internet?

Discussion in 'World Events' started by Vasilidante, Apr 7, 2006.

  1. Vasilidante

    Vasilidante Registered Senior Member

    Messages:
    47
    Or the concept of LAN\WAN. I had read somewhere it was an American military invention.
     
    Vasilidante, Apr 7, 2006
    #1

  2. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  3. James R

    James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

    Messages:
    39,421
    No. The internet was essentially invented at CERN, in Geneva, Switzerland.
     
    James R, Apr 7, 2006
    #2

  4. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  5. Vasilidante

    Vasilidante Registered Senior Member

    Messages:
    47
    Vasilidante, Apr 7, 2006
    #3

  6. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  7. James R

    James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

    Messages:
    39,421
    Actually, I made a mistake. CERN invented the World Wide Web, but not the internet. I guess it depends partly on what you call "the internet". People have been networking computers for a long time, but it was only in 1991 that hypertext linked information in the form of web pages really got up and running.
     
    James R, Apr 7, 2006
    #4
  8. Vasilidante

    Vasilidante Registered Senior Member

    Messages:
    47
    he he, i guess i chose the wrong title

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
    Vasilidante, Apr 7, 2006
    #5
  9. Stryder

    Stryder Keeper of "good" ideas. Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    13,105
    Most of the internet was developed on Coldwar "Early warning" technology. Notibly by DARPA. Wiki has a good entry on the first occurances of TLD (Top Level Domains), which was really the birth of the modern internet.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.arpa

    Still to this day the body with the largest number of IP addresses is DARPA. In the mid 1990's over 60% of the worlds internet was still sourced in the US, although over the past 10 years a number of backbones have popped up all over the globe.
     
    Stryder, Apr 11, 2006
    #6
  10. Odin2006

    Odin2006 Democratic Socialist Registered Senior Member

    Messages:
    42
    I thought Al Gore invented the Internet.

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
    Odin2006, Apr 12, 2006
    #7

Share This Page