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Packets
A packet is collection of data that can be used by computers which need to communicate with each other, usually as part of a network. -
ARPANET
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network was an early packet-switching network and the first network to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite. Both technologies became the technical foundation of the Internet. The ARPANET was initially founded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the United States Department of Defense. -
first dail up
is a form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the public switched telephone network to establish a connection to an Internet service provider by dialing a telephone number on a conventional telephone line -
Telecommunications cable
A transatlantic telegraph cable is an undersea cable running under the Atlantic Ocean used for telegraph communications. The first was laid across the floor of the Atlantic from Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island in western Ireland to Heart's Content in eastern Newfoundland. -
First Email
The first email was sent between two computers that were actually sitting beside each other. However, the ARPANET network was used as the connection between the two. The first email message was "QWERTYUIOP". Ray Tomlinson is quoted as saying he invented email,"Mostly because it seemed like a neat idea.". -
First optics cable used for communicate
Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of light through an optical fiber.Optical fiber is used by many telecommunications companies to transmit telephone signals, Internet communication, and cable television signals. -
First internet provider
The Internet Service Provider was a commercial version of ARPANET called Telenet, An internet service provider is a company that provides Internet access to subscribers of its service. -
TCP *Transmission Control Protocol*
The Transmission Control Protocol is one of the main protocols of the Internet protocol suite.TCP enables two hosts to establish a connection and exchange streams of data. TCP guarantees delivery of data and also guarantees that packets will be delivered in the same order in which they were sent. -
first optics cable used for communications
the first commercial fiber-optic communications system was developed, which operated at a wavelength around 0.8 µm and used GaAs semiconductor lasers. -
first router
was created by staff researchers at MIT and Stanford -
DNS *Domain Name System*
naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. -
NSFNET *National Science Foundation Network*
was a program of coordinated, evolving projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation to promote advanced research and education networking in the United States -
development of HTML
used to create electronic documents (called pages) that are displayed on the World Wide Web. -
Netscape and Yahoo
Both search engineers.Netscape is a brand name associated with the development of the Netscape web browser and Yahoo is an American web services provider -
Registered Domains
the process of acquiring a domain name from a domain name registrar.
