Part 5: The Little Net That Grew
CHAPTERS
CHAPTER 17 HOW NETWORKS TIE COMPUTERS TOGETHER
CHAPTER 18 HOW THE INTERNET BRINGS US THE WORLD
CHAPTER 19 HOW THE WEB PUTS IT ALL AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
CHAPTER 20 HOW WE KEEP IN TOUCH THE INTERNET WAY
It was 1957 and the Cold War was sub-zero. The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, shaking the confidence of the United States in its scientific and technology leadership. In response, President Eisenhower created the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) within the Department of Defense (DoD) to get the U.S. into space (and to boost military missile development). That role was replaced by ...
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