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world internet day 2022

On the occasion of the celebration of this world day, promoted by the Association of Internet Users and the Internet Society, we are going to review some historical milestones of the world wide web

The Origins of the Internet

The internet that we know today has military origins and its initial model was ARPANET – Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The basic concept was an internal communications network between computers of the time for military communication issues in real time. The TCP/IP protocol for physical addresses was also invented then.
8 years later the second huge milestone, Tim Berners Lee creates the WWW system and web pages.

In 2022 we can no longer live without the internet

At least the vast majority of people. Does anyone dispute it? Our lives are increasingly linked technologically to the network. For example television, more and more families use the fiber optic cable television system instead of DTT antenna.
Or purchases online, especially things that are very difficult to find in nearby stores, now we do them through the network and online stores, and many similar examples.

Milestones in internet history

We are going to summarize the most important milestones that are remembered.

  • 1983: The US Department of Defense creates the ARPANET.
  • 1988: Finn Jarkko Oikarinen creates the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) protocol, the first multi-user chat system and the first to become popular.
  • 1991: Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web, creating the first web page.
  • 1994: The first “online store”, or electronic commerce, is born.
  • 1995: Geocities is born, the first platform where people could put content in the form of a web page and HTML code. In a way, it could be considered the first social network.
  • 1999: The controversial Napster is born, the first unauthorized music sharing and distribution platform.
  • 2001: Wikipedia is born and the first article is created.
  • 2003-2004: The famous social networks LinkedIn and Facebook are born.
  • 2005: Youtube is born and the first video of said platform is uploaded. In turn, World Internet Day is celebrated for the first year.
  • 2006: Twenti and Twitter are born, one with more success than the other.
  • 2009-2010: Se populariza el internet en los móviles inteligentes y se empieza a usar el formato vertical de contenidos, así como el diseño web adaptable o “responsive”.
  • 2016-2017: Broadband internet arrives massively, both through fiber optics in homes, and in 5G on mobile phones.

The future of the internet

We do not know what its future will be like, but we believe that it is a bit like real life, it is a public space and that we all have to use it ethically and responsibly. It’s everyone’s thing.
In any case, Inforolot wishes you a happy World Internet Day 2022.

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