Internet is defined interconnected network of thousands of network and millions of computers linking business, educational institutions, govt. agencies and individuals together. The word internet itself has been derived from the word '' inter-network .'' World Wide Web is one of the most popular service that provide access to billions of pages. Internet has evolved in the last 40-50 years. The history of internet can be divided into 3 Phases- 1.Innovativeness (1961 - 1974) 2.Institutionalization (1975 - 1995) 3.Commercialization (1995 - till date ) 1. THE INNOVATIVENESS PHASE : In the innovation phase the fundamental buildings blogs of internet where conceptualized. Some of the building blogs are : Client server computing. Communication protocol i.e Transmission control protocol or Internet protocol. Techniques like packet switching. The original purpose of internet was to link together the main frames and other computer in different computers. 2.
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