Quick internet question

[cab500 10+ year member]

I was just wondering who invented it?

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[mattf 5,000+ posts]

Al Gore did.

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

Maybe he will chime in and tell you about it.

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

hmmmm

 

[LeofromtheH 10+ year member]

bill gates, duh!

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

US military

 

[cab500 10+ year member]

hmm, what one to believe

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

technically, leonard kleinrock in the early 60's

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

It was one of the colleges, they started it as a network within the school itself. Than to transfer data between different colleges they found a way to utalize the signals from the telephone. Than professors were able to communicate to each other and send information that way.That's the way i remeber it, duno if its 100% correct tho.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet#Creation_of_the_Internet

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

Xerox had alot to do with it...correct me if I'm wrong. I think fax machines were of the first type of consumer connections.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

darpa net

 

[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

I thought CERN had a lot to do with it.

Or maybe thats email...

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

i honestly try not to think about it

there's so many different layers

it's crazy

as long as i can get my mail, and shop, and check the forums, i'm happy

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

Al Gore did.

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