How Did the Internet Begin?
In short: From Cold War packet-switching ideas to ARPANET, internetworking protocols and the World Wide Web: how many people built the internet in stages.
A 2:02 short film in the series “How Did…?”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Lemelson-MIT Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “Paul Baran | Lemelson”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Donald Davies | Biography, Packet Switching, & Facts | Britannica”; Science Museum (Science Museum Group), “From ARPANET to the Internet | Science Museum”; National Science and Media Museum (Science Museum Group), “A short history of the internet | National Science and Media Museum”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “ARPANET | Definition, Map, Cold War, First Message, & History | Britannica”; Academia.edu (hosting Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn's paper, first published in IEEE Transactions on Communications, May 1974, and reprinted in ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 2005), “A protocol for packet network intercommunication”; IEEE (IEEE Xplore digital library), “A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Tim Berners-Lee | Biography, Education, Internet, Contributions, & Facts | Britannica”; British Council (article derived from World Wide Web Foundation content, CC BY 4.0), “30 years of the web: a short history of the invention that changed the world | British Council”.
Sources used in this film
- Lemelson-MIT Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Paul Baran | Lemelson · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Donald Davies | Biography, Packet Switching, & Facts | Britannica · View →
- Science Museum (Science Museum Group) — From ARPANET to the Internet | Science Museum · View →
- National Science and Media Museum (Science Museum Group) — A short history of the internet | National Science and Media Museum · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — ARPANET | Definition, Map, Cold War, First Message, & History | Britannica · View →
- Academia.edu (hosting Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn's paper, first published in IEEE Transactions on Communications, May 1974, and reprinted in ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 2005) — A protocol for packet network intercommunication · View →
- IEEE (IEEE Xplore digital library) — A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Tim Berners-Lee | Biography, Education, Internet, Contributions, & Facts | Britannica · View →
- British Council (article derived from World Wide Web Foundation content, CC BY 4.0) — 30 years of the web: a short history of the invention that changed the world | British Council · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Lemelson-MIT Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Paul Baran | Lemelson
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Donald Davies | Biography, Packet Switching, & Facts | Britannica
- Also: Science Museum (Science Museum Group): From ARPANET to the Internet | Science Museum
- Also: National Science and Media Museum (Science Museum Group): A short history of the internet | National Science and Media Museum
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: ARPANET | Definition, Map, Cold War, First Message, & History | Britannica
- Also: Academia.edu (hosting Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn's paper, first published in IEEE Transactions on Communications, May 197: A protocol for packet network intercommunication
- Also: IEEE (IEEE Xplore digital library): A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication
- Also: www.britannica.com — Tim Berners-Lee | Biography, Education, Internet, Contributions, & Facts | Britannica
- Also: British Council (article derived from World Wide Web Foundation content, CC BY 4.0): 30 years of the web: a short history of the invention that changed the world | British Council
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