Internet is the buzz word for the past two decades. Today you can’t think of anything that doesn’t happen through internet.
Right from reading your email, searching or researching for information, watching that favorite video everyone is talking about, booking your next travel for a vacation or visiting your parents, reading what others or friends are talking about and the list goes on and on.
Can you image a moment when the internet is down or even slow? Scary isn’t it.
Let’s quickly look back at the history and background of the internet. What started as a research project in 1960 known as ARPANet, soon after government funding and world wide interest started growing. In simple terms internet is a network of networks which is in turn network of computers.
Internet is not governed by anyone or any government. However the two important aspects of internet the IP Address and the Domain names is controlled by ICANN a maintainer organization.
IP Addresses are numerical numbers which identify computers on the network. It is similar to a home address that identify your home in a street or city. Remembering and using ip address is hard and not user friendly.
This lead to the creation of domain names or domains. This is a easy and rememberable name for e.g makeitgointernet.com and this is all you need to know or remember to visit this site. Behind the scenes makeitgointernet.com is mapped to an ipaddress and it’s handled by domain name servers that take you to this site.
Internet has revolutionized the way we do business or pretty much anything. Today within fraction of a second you learn or hear what’s happening across the globe which is basically instant news. You are able get your weather updates so that you are prepared, work from anywhere without travelling, do banking without even visiting a bank, buy things from the convenience of your home from your desktop or even mobile phone, etc.. Amazing isn’t it? That’s the power of the internet also know as world wide web.
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