TheInternetisthebiggestsourceofinformationintheworld,andit’saccessiblethroughacomputer
Itconsistsofmillionsofpagesofdata
In1969,DARPA,aUSdefenceorganisation,developedawayforalltheircomputersto“talk”toeachotherthroughthetelephone
TheycreatedanetworkofcomputerscalledDARPANET
READINGANDVOCABULARYForfifteenyears,onlytheUSarmycouldusethissystemofcommunication
Thenin1984,theUSNationalScienceFoundation(NSF)startedtheNSFNETnetwork
Itthenbecamepossibleforuniversitiestousethesystemaswell
NSFNETbecameknownastheInterNetwork,or“Internet”.TheWorldWideWeb(theweb)isacomputernetworkthatallowscomputeruserstoaccessinformationfrommillionsofwebsitesviatheInternet
Atthemoment,about80percentofwebtrafficisinEnglish,butthispercentageisgoingdown
By2020,muchwebtrafficcouldbeinChinese
TheWorldWideWebwasinventedin1991