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    The document provides an overview of internet basics and key events in internet history. It defines three types of computer networks - LAN, WAN, and the internet. It then lists some important events and inventions such as the creation of ARPANET in 1969, the first virus in 1980, the release of the Mosaic web browser in 1993, the creation of Java in 1995, the coining of the term "blog" in 1997, the launch of the iTunes Store in 2003, the creation of Facebook in 2004, the founding of YouTube in 2005, and the first tweet sent in 2006. The document also defines the World Wide Web as a group of web pages linked by hyperlinks, and explains that URLs provide the address of

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    The document provides an overview of internet basics and key events in internet history. It defines three types of computer networks - LAN, WAN, and the internet. It then lists some important events and inventions such as the creation of ARPANET in 1969, the first virus in 1980, the release of the Mosaic web browser in 1993, the creation of Java in 1995, the coining of the term "blog" in 1997, the launch of the iTunes Store in 2003, the creation of Facebook in 2004, the founding of YouTube in 2005, and the first tweet sent in 2006. The document also defines the World Wide Web as a group of web pages linked by hyperlinks, and explains that URLs provide the address of

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    Topic: Internet Basics

    Network is a group of computers that are joined.

    Three types of Network


    1. LAN (local area network) is a group of computers that are joined in a small group.
    Examples: school computer lab or business office
    2. WAN (wide are network) is a group of computers that are joined over a large area.
    Example: a city
    3. INTERNET (International Network of computers) the internet is sometimes called
    cyberspace, the net or the cloud.

    SOME KEY EVENTS IN INTERNET HISTORY

    1969—the first Internet is small– only four computers. This network is called ARPANET.
    1980– A VIRUS! - the first virus makes the ARPANET stop working.
    1993– the first graphical web browsers, “Mosaic” is released.
    1995– JAVA is a code that makes items move on a web page
    1997—Jorn Barger coins the term web log, which later shortened to blog. Blogs are similar to
    online diaries, posted in reverse chronological order.
    2003—iTunes Store was launched. It is an online store where people could purchase and
    download music l legally
    2004– Facebook is created allowing people tom join its online community to share messages,
    photos, videos, links and more with members
    2005-Youtube– a video sharing site is created that allows people to post and view videos.
    2006– Twitter– the first 140 character text messages or “tweet” is sent by Jack Dorsey, the
    inventor of Twitter.

    What is WWW?
    World Wide Web (www) is a group of web pages. The web pages are joined together by
    hyperlinks.
    A hyperlinks is a spot on a web page that when clicked will display a web page.
    What is a URL?
    URL means Uniform Resource Locator is the address bar at the top of the web browser window.

    Who invented HTML?


    Tim Berners-Lee developed HTML. He started working on his idea for www and HTML code in
    1989.

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