The internet today and tomorrow

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Recommended: Historical development of the internet

Unit 1: Overview

Over the last decade, we have come out of our caves and headed into the space age with the significant advancements of the internet. Where did it all start and how will we witness and use this technology in the future. Let's explore how the internet was started, where we are today and what are the possibilities in the next 10 years.
I remember thinking I was very computer savvy when I was reading jokes and sending off emails to my family and friends, not realizing just how powerful this online tool was or was becoming. Terry Crowley, one of the forefathers of developing the internet, along his fellow computer associates were writing programs, codes and testing how this tool would speak to the world. It was these few geeks who transformed the language or code that the general population started using the online communication tool. From Terry’s early start with Front Page to working on Microsoft 14. I will hesitate to discuss the languages and Technologies that I can barely comprehend, that it’s early beginnings have changed our world. During an interview conducted by Robert Hess with Terry Crowley he stated;
“ I think what makes the Internet extremely useful and popular, is the fact that it addresses itself more to just the geeks of the world but to the common man “.
In the early days of a few computer professionals were interacting with each other and using their computers to connect to the internet and one person was was handing out IP addresses.
Terry Crowley says in an interview discussing his conversation with John Pazall
“I want to name my machine pearl, and he said you can't because there's a computer at the University of Massachusetts named pearl and you have to pick another name. And so that was...

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...e adults telling their children to put away their cell phones and engage with each other in person, however, just the other day while sitting in a restaurant, I witnessed a young couple with two small children who themselves were so engrossed with their smart phones they ignored their young children as well as each other. I believe I am a fairly liberal person and it may be my beliefs are old fashion, is the “norm” for children of the future?
With the internet being so vital in our day to day lives, we will see growth that could only be imagined in a science fiction movie as we never saw how much this fiction has become our reality in just the last ten years. May the next generation use these advancements as a way to connect the world through positive practices, improving the humane race and our planet, as we come out of our caves and walk upright into the future.

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