Much of the information included here is available and/or sourced from elsewhere on the internet, and I have endeavoured where possible to give credit where due.  If you found these pages because you are researching for yourself along similar lines, follow links provided and most of the information you require will come to light.  [inline links, plus See references]
timeline notes
note 1: 
this timeline is still developing - as is the internet 
note 2: 
adapted from an assignment prepared 
for my IN tutor at wrcp
note 3: 
www - the worldwide web - not to be confused with internet or network - is solely the result of one man's vision:  We have Tim Bernerslee to thank for the world wide web

Page 1 - Introduction
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How Did the Internet Start?
   Who invented it? 
How does it work?

- this timeline and the links will help to answer these questions.

If you have any more information, questions or comments please email me:

pentach@surf4nix.com
Today the average person is using technology in dozens of ways that those
involved in the early stages of computer development could only 
dream of - if at all imaginable. 

The popularity of The Internet now has dramatically changed 
the purposes and functionality of both computer use and
communications operations throughout the world.

Following on from such advances in the 1800's as Charles Babbage's Difference Engine and Analytical Engine, and the inventions of the telegraph, telephone, radio - 
what researchers, inventors and developers have accomplished in the 20th century is huge.
Computerisition has influence now in almost everything we use or do, 
and interlining all, there is

The Web.

The Internet is global communication,
creating a global community.

It is instant information access;
effortlessly providing the means for contact or conference with individuals or groups. 

The Internet is the result of continued 
research, development and investment by 
individuals, 
governments, 
academia 
and commerce & industry.
These people and organisations have all been instrumental in bringing us so smoothly into the

cyber-age  . . . ! 


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