History of Internet

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The history of the Internet dates back to the early 1960s, when the United States Department of Defense established the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to develop communications and computing technologies. ARPA's initial goal was to link computers at military installations, universities, and other research institutions across the United States. In 1969, ARPA funded the first Internet connection, which connected computers at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Stanford Research Institute, and the University of Utah. In the 1970s, the Internet continued to develop as the National Science Foundation (NSF) established the Computer Science Network (CSNET), which linked computers at academic and research institutions. In the 1980s, the Internet began to become more widely available with the introduction of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). TCP/IP allowed for the connection of computers from different networks and led to the development of the Internet as we know it today. In the early 1990s, the Internet began to become accessible to the public. The National Science Foundation stopped funding CSNET, leading to the development of the commercial Internet. Private companies, including America Online and Prodigy, began to offer Internet access to the general public and businesses. In the mid-

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