Who Invented The Internet ? 
                     WHO INVENTED 
THE INTERNET?
INRODUCTION
• The Internet is a vast network that 
connects computers all over the world. 
• Through the Internet, people can share 
information and communicate from 
anywhere with an Internet connection.
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EMERGENCE OF 
INTERNET
• The Internet emerged in the United 
States in the 1970s but did not 
become visible to the general public 
until the early 1990s.
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WHO INVENTED 
INTERNET?
• The Internet consists of technologies 
developed by different individuals 
and organizations. 
• Important figures include Robert W. 
Taylor, who led the development of 
the ARPANET (an early prototype of 
the Internet), and Vinton Cerf and 
Robert Kahn, who developed the 
Transmission Control 
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) 
technologies.
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EARLY NETWORKS
• The first computer networks were 
dedicated special-purpose systems 
such as SABRE (an airline reservation 
system) and AUTODIN I (a defense 
command-and-control system), both 
designed and implemented in the 
late 1950s 
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FOUNDATION OF 
THE INTERNET
• First, DARPA established a program 
to investigate the interconnection of 
heterogeneous networks. 
• This program, called Internetting, 
was based on the newly introduced 
concept of open architecture 
networking.
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COMMERCIAL 
EXPANSION
• The rise of commercial Internet 
services and applications helped to 
fuel a rapid commercialization of the 
Internet.
• One important factor was the 
introduction of the personal 
computer and the workstation in the 
early 1980s.
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HOW DOES 
INTERNET WORK?
• The Internet works through a series 
of networks that connect devices 
around the world through telephone 
lines. 
• The widespread use of mobile 
broadband and Wi-Fi in the 21st 
century has allowed this connection 
to be wireless.
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WHO CONTROLS 
THE INTERNET?
• While the Internet is theoretically 
decentralized and thus controlled by 
no single entity.
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IS THE INTERNET 
DANGEROUS?
• The advent of the Internet has 
brought into existence new forms of 
exploitation, such as spam e-mail 
and malware, and harmful social 
behaviour, such as cyberbullying. 
• Many companies collect extensive 
information from users, which some 
deem a violation of privacy.
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WHAT IS DARK 
WEB?
• The Dark Web refers to a series of 
Web sites that require special 
decryption and configuration tools to 
access. 
• It is most used for purposes that 
require strict anonymity, including 
illegal sales, political dissent in 
countries with heavy censorship, and 
whistleblowing.
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