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From ARPANET to the World Wide Web — the evolution of humanity's most transformative communication network.
Internet Topics
Navigate through the topics and technology of internet
Internet History
From ARPANET to the World Wide Web — the evolution of the global network
ARPANET: The First Network
ARPANET was the first packet-switching network and the direct ancestor of today's internet
BBS and Online Services
Before the World Wide Web, Bulletin Board Systems were the online gathering places
World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee's invention at CERN democratized the internet
TCP/IP: The Internet Protocol Suite
Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn's TCP/IP protocol suite became the universal language of the internet
Modems: Dial-Up to 56K
From 300 bits per second to 56 kilobits — the modem converted digital data into analog signals for telephone lines
DSL: ADSL, VDSL, G.fast
Digital Subscriber Line brought broadband to homes using existing telephone copper wiring
Fiber: FTTN, FTTC, FTTP/FTTH
Fiber optic technology uses light to transmit data at near-speed-of-light speeds
Broadband Access
Cable broadband, DOCSIS, and the evolution of residential high-speed internet
Fixed Wireless Access
Point-to-multipoint wireless broadband — WISP infrastructure, licensed and unlicensed spectrum
Internet Streaming
CDN, adaptive bitrate streaming, and how video traverses the internet at scale