This chapter traces the development of the Internet, 1 one aspect of the broader field of data networking. This research capitalized on the ubiquity of the nation's telephone network, which provided the underlying physical infrastructure upon which the Internet was built. The projects produced communications protocols that define the format of network messages, prototype networks, and application programs such as browsers. In fact, the Web-now considered to be a major driver of the way society accesses and views information-is the result of numerous projects in computer networking, mostly funded by the federal government, carried out over the last 40 years. The recent growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web makes it appear that the world is witnessing the arrival of a completely new technology. Development of the Internet and the World Wide Web
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