1.6. The Internet and the World Wide Web
The Internet—a global network of computers—has its roots in the 1960s with funding supplied by the U.S. Department of Defense. Originally designed to connect the main computer systems of about a dozen universities and research organizations, the Internet is accessible by more than a billion computers and computer-controlled devices worldwide.
With the introduction of the World Wide Web—which allows computer users to locate and view multimedia-based documents on almost any subject over the Internet—the Internet has exploded into one of the world’s premier communication mechanisms.
The Internet and the World Wide Web are surely among humankind’s most important and profound creations. In the past, most computer ...
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