7 interesting facts about the Internet

The World Network is seen as something for granted. The United Nations even has recognized the right of access to the Internet one of the inalienable human rights. But more recently the Internet existed only in science fiction and dreams of scientists. This fact file describes the most grandiose phenomenon of our age.

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I am sure everyone is aware of the fact that the idea of ​​a network of computers was born in the bowels of the Agency for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects (DARPA). Interestingly, the first message sent by a computer network ARPANET to another, were the letters LO. It was originally planned to pass the word LOGIN, but after the second letter of the link was broken.

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HTTP protocol and HTML language, that is what we now call the Internet, is a byproduct of research of the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN). Yes, the man who came up with the great and terrible Large Hadron Collider. British scientist Tim Berners-Lee (Tim Berners-Lee) proposed in 1989 a way to improve the internal document exchange system through the use of hyperlinks. It was later the World Wide Web was born out of the sub project.

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Do you think that the first online broadcast was dedicated to some high-profile events such as the launch of the spacecraft or the President's speech? No, you're wrong! The first ever webcam has been installed in the University of Cambridge in 1991 and was aimed at the coffee machine. Thanks to her, the scientists could not get up from their seats to find out or cook them coffee yet.

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Watch this video carefully. Personally, I see a very ordinary young man who wandered unclear why the zoo. This is actually a well-known American entrepreneur Jawed Karim (Jawed Karim), one of developers of the famous payment system PayPal, YouTube founder and author of the first movie loaded on this site. The one that you just saw.

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The world's first web page was created by Tim Berners-Lee August 6, 1991. It contains data that the World Wide Web, how to install a web server, download the browser and other background information. Subsequently, this page has been lost and found again thanks to available the offline copies. Today, this page is available here. And if you want to see how this page looked on the screen in the past, here emulator.

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Porn industry was among the first to assess the potential of the Internet. Very quickly in the web there were adult websites, which then looked around thus. Subsequently pornography gave a powerful impetus to many technological innovations, including online payments, streaming video, and virtual reality. It is possible that the first real use of robots will also be in the field of entertainment for adults.

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Each year, Google publishes statistics popular searches. In the outgoing 2015 loudest world events began armed attacks in Paris and the Oscars. The complete list you can meet popular searches on this page.

Other interesting facts about the world you can learn here.