WeareallbusytalkingaboutandusingtheInternet,buthowmanyofusknowthehistoryoftheInternet
ManypeoplearesurprisedwhentheyfindthattheInternetwassetupinthe1960s
Atthattime,computerswerelargeandexpensive
Computernetworksdidn’tworkwell
Ifonecomputerinthenetworkbrokedown,thenthewholenetworkstopped
Soanewnetworksystemhadtobesetup
Itshouldbegoodenoughtobeusedbymanydifferentcomputers
Ifpartofthenetworkwasnotworking,informationcouldbesentthroughanotherpart
Inthisway,computernetworksystemwouldkeeponworkingallthetime
AtfirsttheInternetwasonlyusedbythegovernment,butintheearly1970s,universities,hospitalsandbankswereallowedtouseit,too
However,computerswerestillveryexpensiveandtheInternetwasdifficulttouse
Bythestartofthe1990s,computershadbecomecheaperandeasiertouse
Scientistshadalsodevelopedsoftwarethatmade“s