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Added info on formative ideas leading to the birth of the Internet.
The '''Internet''' is a global network of interconnected smaller [[computer]] networks. Data is transmitted in small packets using the Internet Protocol (IP) where they are then reassembled. It originated in the work of DARPA, a research division of the US Army.
The '''Internet''' is a global network of interconnected smaller [[computer]] networks. Data is transmitted in small packets using the Internet Protocol (IP) where they are then reassembled. It originated in the work of DARPA, a research division of the US Army.
The "Internet", the conceptual foundation for creation of it, was significantly developed by three individuals and a research conference. each of which changed the way we thought about technology and how we think about communication, business and the exchange of technology:
*Vannevar Bush wrote the first description of the potential uses for information technology with his description of the "memex" automated library system.
*Norbert Wiener invented the field of Cybernetics, encouraging future researchers to focus on the use of technology to extend human capabilities.
*The 1956 Dartmouth Artificial Intelligence conference defined the concept that technology was improving at an exponential rate, and provided the first serious consideration of the consequences, the benefits and advantages or such a network.
*Marshall McLuhan made the idea of a global village interconnected by an electronic nervous system part of our popular culture. <ref>http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii.htm </ref>
The Internet is sometimes also known as "[[cyberspace]]." Sometimes it is inaccurately referred to as the Web or the [[World Wide Web]], because the Web is only one of numerous protocols that operate on the Internet.
The Internet is sometimes also known as "[[cyberspace]]." Sometimes it is inaccurately referred to as the Web or the [[World Wide Web]], because the Web is only one of numerous protocols that operate on the Internet.
==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Digital Philosophy]]
*[[Digital Philosophy]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Information technology]]
[[Category:Information technology]]