Introduction- The Internet

It took a long process to get the Internet to come into play. In 1858 the Atlantic cable was established to carry instant communications across the ocean for the first time. But there was a technical failure so the service failed after a few days. But the new cable established in 1866 lasted for 100 years. These cables were the start of instantaneous communication and the groundwork for the Internet. In 1957 Sputnik launched APRA (Advanced Research Projects Agency). This group focused on computer networking and technology. In 1962 Dr. J.C.R. Licklider was chosen to head APRA, he laid down the foundations for what would be come the APRANET later known as the Internet. It took many more tries for the first demonstration of the APRANET to succeed.

CERN (Centre European pour la Recherche Nucleaire in English- European Laboratory for Particle Physics) was inspired by the APRA model of the APRANET, they built on it and called it the CERNET. By the early 1980’s it was the first time any internet protocol had been used at CERN during the Satellite Communication Project. It linked remote segments of 2 local area networks mainly the CERNET. By 1990 CERN had become the largest Ineternet site in Europe. In 1989 CERN’s Internet facility was ready to become the medium within which Mr. Berners-Lee was going to create the World Wide Web. The Internet was now an up and running program. Now it is being upgraded and made more efficient everyday.