Internet is a transliteration of Internet, which refers to various networks created by using TCP/IP communication protocol. It is the largest Internet in the world, also known as "Internet".
1974, robert kahn of ARPA and Vinton Cerf of Stanford proposed the TCP/IP protocol, which defined the method of transmitting messages between computer networks (they also won the Turing Prize in 2004). 1 98365438+1October1,ARPA network changed the network core protocol from NCP to TCP/IP protocol.
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From 65438 to 0986, the National Science Foundation established the backbone network NSFNET, which was an important step in the history of the Internet. 1994, NSFNET was put into commercial operation. 1995 with the opening of the internet to business, other important networks successfully accessed in the internet include newsgroups, Bitnet and various commercial X.25 networks.
From 65438 to 0990, the whole network is open to the public. In August, Tim Berners Lee began to promote his World Wide Web project. Two years ago, CERN invented HTML, HTTP and the first few web pages. In the late period of 1994, public interest increased steadily in pre-academic and technical internet. 1996 the word "internet" is widely circulated, but it refers to almost the whole world wide web.
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