What is the Internet?

The Internet is a worldwide, noncommercial, freely accessible network of networks. It's the mother of all computer networks. Internet stands for:

Internetworked Networks

The origin of the Internet dates back to 1969/1970 when 4 computers were first connected to each other over the phone lines. These four computers were located at:

• University of California Santa Barbara
• University of California at Los Angeles
• Stanford Research Institute – Los Angeles
• University of Utah at Salt Lake

20 years of concerted effort by scientists and engineers have produced today’s all-purpose, global network for high-speed digital communication.

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