Portal:Internet

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The Internet Portal Internet Archive servers The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the interlinked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail, telephony, and file sharing. The origins of the Internet date back to research that enabled the time-sharing of computer resources and the development of packet switching in the 1960s. The set of rules (communication protocols) to enable internetworking on the Internet arose from research and development commissioned in the 1970s by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the United States Department of Defense in collaboration with universities and researchers across the United States and in the United Kingdom and France. The ARPANET initially served as a backbone for the interconnection of regional academic and military networks in the United States to enable resource sharing. The funding of the National Science Foundation Network as a new backbone in the 1980s, as well as private funding for other commercial extensions, encouraged worldwide participation in the development of new networking technologies and the merger of many networks using DARPA's Internet protocol suite. The linking of commercial networks and enterprises by the early 1990s, as well as the advent of the World Wide Web, marked the beginning of the transition to the modern Internet, and generated sustained exponential growth as generations of institutional, personal, and mobile computers were connected to the network. Although the Internet was widely used by academia in the 1980s, the subsequent commercialization in the 1990s and beyond incorporated its services and technologies into virtually every aspect of modern life. (Full article...) Selected article "Bale Out: RevoLucian's Christian Bale Remix!" is a satirical dance remix by American composer Lucian Piane, also known as RevoLucian, released on February 2, 2009, to YouTube and Myspace. The piece utilizes audio from a July 2008 rant made by actor Christian Bale on the set of Terminator Salvation. Various other elements are used in the remix, including pulsating dance track beats and clips of Barbra Streisand from a 2006 exchange with a supporter of then-President George W. Bush, creating the impression of Streisand arguing with Bale. The day after its release, the YouTube page for the song had been viewed over 200,000 times, and over a million times by February 5, 2009. The Associated Press called it a "hypnotic dance track", and United Press International noted it was "catchy", characterizing it as a "YouTube sensation". Gil Kaufman of MTV.com described the piece as "a techno-ripping, demonic dance party". Time magazine's website called the track "hilarious", and Nine News characterized it as a "raging online success". The director of Terminator Salvation McG liked the remix and put a copy of it on his iPod, and Bale said he had heard the remix and thought "they did a good job". Selected picture An example of emoticon from a bookstore in Seoul. A portmanteau of emotion (or emote) and icon, an emoticon is a symbol or combination of symbols used to convey emotional content in written or message form. News Wikinews Internet portal Further information: Timeline of computing 2020-present § 2024 July 5: Ransomware attack hits over 200 US companies, forces Swedish grocery chain to close July 31: "Avast ye scurvy file sharers!": Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge October 6: European Court of Justice says Facebook must remove 'illegal' posts globally September 22: Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence April 8: 540 million private Facebook records found on public Internet December 23: UK police locate missing Chinese teen Mei Chen, silent on details October 29: Technology giant Microsoft completes acquisition of GitHub More at Wikinews WikiProjects Main project: WikiProject Internet Related WikiProjects: Blogging • Websites • Early Web History • Internet culture Did you know (auto-generated) - ... that Davide Soliani, the creator of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, became an Internet meme for crying on stage? ... that social media influencer Andrew Tate described himself as "absolutely a misogynist"? ... that in 2016, the removal of a few lines of code briefly "broke the Internet"? ... that Alexandra Hunt, a former stripper, opened an OnlyFans account in response to an Internet troll during her campaign for a seat in the United States House of Representatives? ... that Internet activist Sally Burch was refused entry into Argentina because her presence was considered to be disruptive? ... that Demi Lovato started an Internet feud with a frozen yogurt shop—and lost? Selected biography Douglas C. Engelbart (born January 30, 1925 in Oregon) is an American inventor of Swedish and Norwegian descent. As a World War II naval radio technician based in the Philippines, Engelbart was inspired by Vannevar Bush's article "As We May Think". Engelbart received a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University in 1948, a B.Eng. from UC Berkeley in 1952, and a Ph.D. in EECS from UC Berkeley in 1955. At Stanford Research Institute , Engelbart was the primary force behind the design and development of the On-Line System, or NLS. He and his team at the Augmentation Research Center developed computer-interface elements such as bit-mapped screens, groupware, hypertext and precursors to the graphical user interface. In 1967, Engelbart applied for and later received a patent for the wooden shell with two metal wheels (computer mouse). Engelbart later revealed that it was nicknamed the "mouse" because the tail came out the end. He would also work on the ARPANET, the precursor of the Internet. In later years he moved to the private firm Tymshare after SRI was transferred to the company. McDonnell Douglas took over the copany in 1982, and in 1986 he left the company. As of 2007, he is the director of his own company, the Bootstrap Institute, which founded in 1988 and located in Fremont, California. General images - The following are images from various internet-related articles on Wikipedia. Broadband affordability in 2011 This map presents an overview of broadband affordability, as the relationship between average yearly income per capita and the cost of a broadband subscription (data referring to 2011). Source: Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute. (from Internet access) BBN Technologies TCP/IP Internet map of early 1986 (from History of the Internet) 1997 advertisement in State Magazine by the US State Department Library for sessions introducing the then-unfamiliar Web (from History of the World Wide Web) Mobile broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunication Union. (from Internet access) Where the WEB was born (from History of the World Wide Web) The digital divide measured in terms of bandwidth is not closing, but fluctuating up and down. Gini coefficients for telecommunication capacity (in kbit/s) among individuals worldwide (from Internet access) Number of Internet hosts worldwide: 1969–2019 Source: Internet Systems Consortium. (from History of the Internet) The "message block", designed by Paul Baran in 1962 and refined in 1964, is the first proposal of a data packet. (from History of the Internet) Satellite Internet access via VSAT in Ghana (from Internet access) Wi-Fi logo (from Internet access) The NeXT Computer used by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN became the first Web server. (from History of the World Wide Web) Internet users in 2023 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunication Union. (from History of the Internet) Internet users in 2015 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunication Union. (from Internet access) Internet Connectivity Access layer (from Internet access) T3 NSFNET Backbone, c. 1992 (from History of the Internet) Robert Cailliau, Jean-François Abramatic, and Tim Berners-Lee at the tenth anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium (from History of the World Wide Web) Mobile broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunication Union. (from History of the Internet) Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunication Union. (from History of the Internet) First Internet demonstration, linking the ARPANET, PRNET, and SATNET on November 22, 1977 (from History of the Internet) Map of the TCP/IP test network in February 1982 (from History of the Internet) Wi-Fi range diagram (from Internet access) The corridor where the World Wide Web was born, on the ground floor of building No. 1 at CERN (from History of the World Wide Web) Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunication Union. (from Internet access) Postage stamp of Azerbaijan (2004): 35 Years of the Internet, 1969–2004 (from History of the Internet) Stamped envelope of Russian Post issued in 1993 with stamp and graphics dedicated to first Russian underwater digital optic cable laid in 1993 by Rostelecom from Kingisepp to Copenhagen (from History of the Internet) Selected quote More Did you know... ... that an April Fool's Day "news story" which suggested that bull sharks had been found in Minneapolis's Minnehaha Creek (creek pictured) drew almost 1,000 hits a day to the Nokomis East Neighborhood Association's website? ... that sociology of the Internet is one of newly emerged branches of sociology concerned with issues such as the digital divide, online social capital and public sphere? ... that UnrealIRCd is used on the largest number of IRC servers? Main topics Internet Articles Application layer ARPANET Blog Browsers CERN Collaborative software Computer file Computer network Computer networking DARPA Data (computing) Electronic commerce E-mail English on the Internet FidoNet File sharing History of the Internet HTML HyperCard Hyperlink ICANN Instant messaging Internet access Internet capitalization conventions Internet censorship Internet Control Message Protocol Internet democracy Internet Exchange Point Internet Governance Forum Internet privacy Internet Protocol Internet protocols Internet research Internetworking Massively multiplayer online role-playing game Mosaic (web browser) National Center for Supercomputing Applications Net neutrality Online chat Peering Remote access Transmission Control Protocol Scale-free network Search engine Security Social network service Unicode Uniform resource locator User agent User Datagram Protocol ViolaWWW Virtual private network VoIP Web browser Web resource Web service Wide area network World Summit on the Information Society World Wide Web Lists List of basic Internet topics List of Internet topics Academic databases and search engines List of blogging terms List of HTTP headers List of HTTP status codes List of IP protocol numbers List of journals available free online List of IPv6 tunnel brokers List of PHP editors List of organizations with .INT domain names List of social networking websites List of newsgroups Comp.* hierarchy Sci.* hierarchy List of RFCs List of search engines List of virtual communities List of web directories List of webcomics List of websites founded before 1995 Featured content Extended content Featured articles From the Doctor to My Son Thomas Gurl.com The Million Dollar Homepage Good articles Alt attribute Alt-right pipeline Arena (web browser) Beyond the First Amendment Jeff Bezos Bomis Bulletproof hosting .bv Community Notes Cookie stuffing Cow Clicker Cross-site leaks Cyber Rights DNS Certification Authority Authorization DeepStateMap.Live Everything That Happens Will Happen Today Fucking Machines Google Earth Hightail ILoo Internet meme Me at the zoo Microsoft v. 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Molly White (writer) The Wiccan Web Wikipedia and the COVID-19 pandemic World Enough and Time (Star Trek: New Voyages) Yahoo! data breaches YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind Good topics Norid Featured pictures Internet map 1024 Steve Jobs and Macintosh computer, January 1984, by Bernard Gotfryd - edited Featured portals Portal:Internet Categories Category puzzle Select [►] to view subcategories Internet Internet by continent Internet by country Internet-related lists Internet access Internet architecture Internet broadcasting Internet culture Internet databases Email Internet events Internet governance History of the Internet Internet hosting Hypermedia Internet Geographic information systems Internet law Multimedia Online algorithms Internet-related organizations People related to the internet Internet security Internet Standards Internet terminology Videotelephony Works about the Internet World Wide Web Internet stubs Related portals Things you can do Things you can do Place the {{WikiProject Internet}} project banner on the talk pages of all articles within the scope of the project. 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