{"id":12405,"date":"2020-08-14T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T01:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=12405"},"modified":"2020-08-18T14:35:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T18:35:15","slug":"evolution-of-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/evolution-of-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution of the Internet: Rapid Advances in Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the internet and where did it come from? What has the evolution of the internet been like? Are there new technological advances coming with the evolution of the world wide web?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The evolution of the internet started with the 1983 launch of the public internet. This new technological advance came from the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about the evolution of the world wide web and the evolution of the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Is <strong>the Internet<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When we talk about the Internet, we tend to treat it like a single entity. In fact, <strong>\u201cInternet\u201d most broadly refers to the network of networks that connect computers all over the world.<\/strong> The computers connect via \u201clanguages\u201d called protocols. There are many kinds of protocols. For example, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http) allows computers to communicate about websites. There are so many different types of protocols that there are few things that can\u2019t be digitized. Food, water, clothes, and homes are some of the only things that can\u2019t go online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public Internet was created in 1983 by the US Department of Defense. 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