
I-114 Computer Fundamentals
Minnesota created Gopher, a simple menu-driven system for accessing files. Internet really became
popular in the 1990s after the development of the World Wide Web (WWW). Before that, it was open
for a handful of sites only. It is amazing that as recently as June 1993, there were only 130 websites, but
now there are millions.
With the growth of Internet, the quality, quantity and variety of information also grew. The Inter-
net today is a repository of every type of information. Nowadays, an Internet user can get all sorts of
information ranging from how to add to the design of a functional spaceship to choosing ...