I have had access to the internet since about 1998, and I have seen tremendous changes take place, not only in the technology and interaction of the internet but in the culture of the internet and the world at large. The internet started as a packet communications project at DARPA starting in the 1950s. The very first people on the internet were the engineers and computer scientists creating the software and technology For the internet. Furthermore, since most of the computers in the 1950s and 1960s were very large, they were few in number and located in universities and research facilities around the U.S. The old internet was used to connect these computers together and allow researchers to communicate. As the internet grew, technology advanced, the physical size of computers diminished, and eventually more and more universities could afford computers and internet access. Eventually, after the introduction of the IBM 5150 individuals gained the opportunity to access the nascent in...
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