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Internet History

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  • Raphael Cohen-Almagor

    (University of Hull, UK)

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This paper outlines and analyzes milestones in the history of the Internet. As technology advances, it presents new societal and ethical challenges. The early Internet was devised and implemented in American research units, universities, and telecommunication companies that had vision and interest in cutting-edge research. The Internet then entered into the commercial phase (1984-1989). It was facilitated by the upgrading of backbone links, the writing of new software programs, and the growing number of interconnected international networks. The author examines the massive expansion of the Internet into a global network during the 1990s when business and personal computers with different operating systems joined the universal network. The instant and growing success of social networking-sites that enable Netusers to share information, photos, private journals, hobbies, and personal as well as commercial interests with networks of mutual friends and colleagues is discussed.

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  • Raphael Cohen-Almagor, 2011. "Internet History," International Journal of Technoethics (IJT), IGI Global, vol. 2(2), pages 45-64, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jt0000:v:2:y:2011:i:2:p:45-64
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