The Internet Connects Us All

The Internet Connects Us All book cover — CHAPTER ONE Bringing the World Together 4 CHAPTER TWO Introducing ARPANET 10 CHAPTER THREE A New Protocol 20 CHAPTER FOUR Creating the Web 26 CHAPTER FIVE Internet Ownership 34 Important Dates 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 45 Online Resources 46 Learn More 46 About the Authors 47 Index 48 4 25 18 3 41 PM CONTENTS

The Internet Connects Us All — page 1 — CHAPTER ONE

The Internet Connects Us All — page 2 — BRINGING THE WORLD TOGETHER H you ever used Skype to talk to someone on the other side of the world Maybe you have searched Google for sources to write a school report The internet connects us to people and information from all over the world It is hard to picture a world without Google or Instagram But the internet is a fairly new invention In fact it was only made widely available in the early 1990s Before then the only way to share information was through books computer disks and other forms of hard copy If you wanted to send a note to a friend The internet gives people in many locations access to information from around the world ABD_PROG_INT_FPGS indd

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