The Internet Was Built for Computers. Humans Made It Social.
In short: ARPANET began as an ARPA program to share scarce computing resources between research centres, but its users quickly turned it toward one another, and email, never a goal of the project, came to make up most of its traffic.
A 2:06 short film in the series “Being Social Online”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Computer History Museum (reprint of F. E. Heart, R. E. Kahn, S. M. Ornstein, W. R. Crowther and D. C. Walden, 'The Interface Message Processor for the ARPA Computer Network', Proc. AFIPS SJCC, 1970), “Chap24_arpa_CS2.pdf”; Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., prepared for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); document hosted by the National Security Archive, George Washington University, “Document-01-Defense-Advanced-Research-Projects.pdf”; Computer History Museum (press release issued with SRI International and BBN Technologies, October 27, 2009), “The Computer History Museum, SRI International, and BBN Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of First ARPANET Transmission”; Computer History Museum (CHM), “The First 50 Years of Living Online: ARPANET and Internet”; Science Museum (Science Museum Group), “From ARPANET to the Internet | Science Museum”; IEEE Communications Magazine (IEEE), article by Paul Baran; hosted on the UCLA Computer Science website, “BARAN LAYOUT”; Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Institution), “The Accidental History of the @ Symbol”; Stanford University, Department of Computer Science (student project for Eric Roberts' course, last updated 1999), “The Origins of E-mail”; University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Computer Science (student homework paper by Jay Akkad, hosted on a course site), “Jay Akkad”; Northwestern University Collaboratory (hosted PDF of J.C.R. Licklider and Robert W. Taylor, 'The Computer as a Communication Device', Science and Technology, 1968), “Digital Equipment Corporation”; UCLA Computer Science Department (course reading PDF; page header reads Digital Equipment Corporation), “Digital Equipment Corporation”; Iterations: An interdisciplinary journal of software history, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota (article by Julian Kilker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 13 September 2002; archive…, “Iterations: An interdisciplinary journal of software history”; Computer History Museum (1988 interview of Vint Cerf by James L. Pelkey), “Interview of Vinton (Vint) Cerf”.
Sources used in this film
- Computer History Museum (reprint of F. E. Heart, R. E. Kahn, S. M. Ornstein, W. R. Crowther and D. C. Walden, 'The Interface Message Processor for the ARPA Computer Network', Proc. AFIPS SJCC, 1970) — Chap24_arpa_CS2.pdf · View →
- Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., prepared for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); document hosted by the National Security Archive, George Washington University — Document-01-Defense-Advanced-Research-Projects.pdf · View →
- Computer History Museum (press release issued with SRI International and BBN Technologies, October 27, 2009) — The Computer History Museum, SRI International, and BBN Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of First ARPANET Transmission · View →
- Computer History Museum (CHM) — The First 50 Years of Living Online: ARPANET and Internet · View →
- Science Museum (Science Museum Group) — From ARPANET to the Internet | Science Museum · View →
- IEEE Communications Magazine (IEEE), article by Paul Baran; hosted on the UCLA Computer Science website — BARAN LAYOUT · View →
- Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Institution) — The Accidental History of the @ Symbol · View →
- Stanford University, Department of Computer Science (student project for Eric Roberts' course, last updated 1999) — The Origins of E-mail · View →
- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Computer Science (student homework paper by Jay Akkad, hosted on a course site) — Jay Akkad · View →
- Northwestern University Collaboratory (hosted PDF of J.C.R. Licklider and Robert W. Taylor, 'The Computer as a Communication Device', Science and Technology, 1968) — Digital Equipment Corporation · View →
- UCLA Computer Science Department (course reading PDF; page header reads Digital Equipment Corporation) — Digital Equipment Corporation · View →
- Iterations: An interdisciplinary journal of software history, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota (article by Julian Kilker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 13 September 2002; archive… — Iterations: An interdisciplinary journal of software history · View →
- Computer History Museum (1988 interview of Vint Cerf by James L. Pelkey) — Interview of Vinton (Vint) Cerf · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Computer History Museum (reprint of F. E. Heart, R. E. Kahn, S. M. Ornstein, W. R. Crowther and D. C. Walden, 'The Inter: Chap24_arpa_CS2.pdf
- Also: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., prepared for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); document hosted by the: Document-01-Defense-Advanced-Research-Projects.pdf
- Also: Computer History Museum (press release issued with SRI International and BBN Technologies, October 27, 2009): The Computer History Museum, SRI International, and BBN Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of First ARPANET Transmission
- Also: Computer History Museum (CHM): The First 50 Years of Living Online: ARPANET and Internet
- Also: Science Museum (Science Museum Group): From ARPANET to the Internet | Science Museum
- Also: IEEE Communications Magazine (IEEE), article by Paul Baran; hosted on the UCLA Computer Science website: BARAN LAYOUT
- Also: Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Institution): The Accidental History of the @ Symbol
- Also: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science (student project for Eric Roberts' course, last updated 1999): The Origins of E-mail
- Also: University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Computer Science (student homework paper by Jay Akkad, hosted on : Jay Akkad
- Also: Northwestern University Collaboratory (hosted PDF of J.C.R. Licklider and Robert W. Taylor, 'The Computer as a Communica: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Also: UCLA Computer Science Department (course reading PDF; page header reads Digital Equipment Corporation): Digital Equipment Corporation
- Also: Iterations: An interdisciplinary journal of software history, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota (articl: Iterations: An interdisciplinary journal of software history
- Also: Computer History Museum (1988 interview of Vint Cerf by James L. Pelkey): Interview of Vinton (Vint) Cerf
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