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Documentary about the origins of the internet. The internet was created by the United States Department of Defense in 1969 as a means of secure communications in case of nuclear war. The program goes back 30 years to a time before e-mail, online shopping and interactive games to see how technology invented for military use accidentally spawned a communications revolution.Documentary about the origins of the internet. 

The internet was created by the United States Department of Defense in 1969 as a means of secure communications in case of nuclear war... 

So what is "the Internet"? The Internet is a gigantic collection of millions of computers, all linked together on a computer network. The network allows all of the computers to communicate with one another. A home computer may be linked to the Internet using a phone-line modem, DSL or cable modem that talks to an Internet service provider (ISP). A computer in a business or university will usually have a network interface card (NIC) that directly connects it to a local area network (LAN) inside the business. The business can then connect its LAN to an ISP using a high-speed phone line like a T1 line. 

A T1 line can handle approximately 1.5 million bits per second, while a normal phone line using a modem can typically handle 30,000 to 50,000 bits per second.Click below...

Documentary about the origins of the internet. The internet was created by the United States Department of Defense in 1969 as a means of secure communications in case of nuclear war. The program goes back 30 years to a time before e-mail, online shopping and interactive games to see how technology invented for military use accidentally spawned a communications revolution.Documentary about the origins of the internet. The internet was created by the United States Department of Defense in 1969 as a means of secure communications in case of nuclear war. So what is "the Internet"? The Internet is a gigantic collection of millions of computers, all linked together on a computer network. The network allows all of the computers to communicate with one another. A home computer may be linked to the Internet using a phone-line modem, DSL or cable modem that talks to an Internet service provider (ISP). A computer in a business or university will usually have a network interface card (NIC) that directly connects it to a local area network (LAN) inside the business. The business can then connect its LAN to an ISP using a high-speed phone line like a T1 line. A T1 line can handle approximately 1.5 million bits per second, while a normal phone line using a modem can typically handle 30,000 to 50,000 bits per second.Click below