The Internet in its present capacity is a fairly recent invention. Billions of people use the Internet daily for communication, shopping, education and numerous other uses. It is an open forum used to discuss anything that anyone could possibly be interested in. Although the world would be a completely unrecognisable place if the Internet didn't exist, it has allowed people to be consumed within their own little cyber world. Internet use is often associated with "geekiness" and many people's social lives have become non-existent as they trawl through the World Wide Web. So is the Internet a useful tool to help us in our day-to-day lives or just another excuse for people to become exclusionary?.
A brief history of cyberspace.
The Internet was first developed in the late 1960's by the US department of defence as a communications tool. It was called the ARPAnet; it was an experimental network to aid with military research. The primary area of research was how to construct networks that could withstand power outages in times of war (for instance nuclear attacks). The whole idea of these original networks was so that one computer could talk to another quickly and easily. For the first decade or so the ARPAnet was primarily used for e-mail, database access, file transfers and online discussion forums. In 1971 the ARPAnet consisted of around 20 sites but by 1981 this figure had grown to over 200 sites. As this growth continued rules were needed to standardise the networks, these were known as the standard protocol, this allowed different computers and different networks to communicate easily. The invention of standard protocol was completed shortly after 1981 and effectively the Internet was born. By 1990 a new Internet protocol was developed, this was called HTML and it allowed much more complex data such as graphics to be transmitted across cyberspace. This protocol allowed users to create web sites, this collection of sites is commonly referred to as the World Wide Web (WWW).
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While a woman this size has a chance of meeting a "chubby chaser" on the internet, the chances of finding such a man in real life in her locale are slim to none. ... On the internet, you can generally click ignore and move on. ... The benefit of internet dating, when it comes to intimacy is that speaking is a requirement. ... Internet dating isn't what it used to be. ... Smart people looking for that special someone will consider the internet in their arsenal of introductions. ...
The Internet: A Link to the World Imagine talking about the latest elections with someone three thousand miles away without receiving a large phone bill; or sending a letter to a friend or relative and having it arrive one second later. How would it feel to know that any source of information is...
As the Internet grew quickly, changes were necessary. ... Education is becoming popular with the Internet. More than 51% of instructional rooms had Internet access in 1998, classes and seminars can be taken over the Internet. ... Tutoring over the Internet is also available (Reid 42). Business on the Internet is a growing technology. ...
