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Recommended: Short note on the history of the Internet

Internet Access

It would be helpful to provide a brief historical summary of the

Internet before jumping into the different means of accessing "The Net".

The Internet was developed primarily by Vinton Cerf, an American

computer scientist, in 1973 as a part of a United States Department of Defense

Advanced Research Projects Agency project managed by American Engineer, Robert

Kahn. In 1984, the project was turned over to the private sector and to

government research and scientific agencies for further development. In 1993,

the Internet was turned over to the public and by early 1995 access was

available in over 180 countries and there were over 30 million users. It is

expected that 100 million computers will be connected to the public Internet by

the year 2000.

The public Internet can be accessed in several different ways: through

a LAN, by a host, terminal access or gateway access. A LAN is a Local Access

Network where there are a group of computers and other devices that are spread

over a relatively limited area and connected by a communications link. This

also allows you to communicate with any other computer on the network. If you

access by a host, it is usually done through a LAN or with telephone lines and

modems combined with Internet software on a personal computer. Terminal access

is usually done by a telephone line and a modem and it is used with terminal-

emulation software on a personal computer. This also allows you to int...

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