(NSF) used ARPANET to link its five regional super computer centres at major universities so that many users
could share their work. Later on, NSF cr
eated NSFNET (National Science Foundation Network), a series of
networks for research and education communication. This network was based on ARPANET protocols and it
was provided free to any US research and educational institution.
In the 1980s, Usenet newsgroups and Electronic Mail (e-mail) came into picture. To keep track of the
information on the Internet, indices, such as Archie and the Wide Area Information Server (WAIS) were also
created in this ...
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