The Internet
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is a worldwide connection of thousands of computer networks.
All of them speak the same language, TCP/IP, the standard protocol.
allows people with access to these networks to share information and knowledge.
Resources available on are chat groups, e-mail, newsgroups, file
transfers, and the Wor ....
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.... How could the country communicate after a
nuclear war? The Pentagon's Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA, had a
solution. They would create a non-centralized network that linked from city to
city, and base to base. The network was designed to function when parts of it
were destroyed. The network could not have a center because it would be a
primary target for enemies. In 1969, ARPANET was created, named after its
original Pentagon sponsor. There were four supercomputer stations, calle ....
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