When and how the Internet appeared? This question worries quite a lot of people. In this article, we will tell you in what period of history the Internet appeared, mentioning a lot of interesting facts.
When the internet appeared
The official date of the appearance of the Internet is October 29, 1969. However, its active "life" began only in the early 90s. It was at this time that the audience of Internet users began to noticeably increase.
Until then, the Internet was used only for scientific and military purposes. Then it was available to no more than ten thousand people.
If we talk about the “real” birthday of the Web, then its date should be considered May 17, 1991, when the so-called “WWW” appeared, which is actually called the Internet.
The history of the Internet and who created it
In the 1960s, American scientists created a prototype of the modern Internet called "ARPANET". It was designed for communication between military facilities in the event of a global war.
In those years, the Cold War between the USA and the USSR was not at its peak. Over time, the virtual network became available not only to the military, but also to scientists. Thanks to this, the government was able to connect the largest universities in the state.
In 1971, the first e-mail protocol was created. A couple of years later, the World Wide Web has covered not only the vastness of America, but also a number of other countries.
The Internet was still accessible only to scientists who used it to conduct business correspondence.
In 1983, the TCP / IP protocol known to everyone was standardized. After 5 years, programmers developed a chat room where users could communicate online.
Although we owe the emergence of the Internet to the United States, the very idea of creating the Web (WWW) originated in Europe, namely in the famous organization CERN. The British Tim Berners-Lee, who is considered to be the founder of the traditional Internet, worked there.
After the Internet became available to anyone in May 1991, scientists were tasked with creating convenient surfing tools. As a result, a couple of years later the first full-fledged Mosaic browser appeared, displaying not only text, but also images.
It was then that the number of Internet users began to grow exponentially.
When the Internet appeared in Russia (runet)
Runet is a Russian-language Internet resource. An interesting fact is that Russian is the second most popular language on the Internet, after English.
The formation of Runet falls on the same beginning of the 90s. The concept of "runet" first appeared in 1997, firmly entering the Russian lexicon.
