Take a Closer Look at Take a Closer Look at The Internet by JoAnn Early Macken Content Consultant William F Pelgrin Co-Founder CyberWA Inc RED CHAIR PRESS TM
What is the Background 1 4
In 1958 a gallon of gas cost 25 cents Elvis Presley crooned to his fans That’s when the fi rst concept of the Internet began President Dwight D Eisenhower took the fi rst step He started the Advanced Research Projects Agency or ARPA Its plan was to focus on technology Computers were a big part of its mission Back then a computer could fi ll a whole room It might cost a million dollars Many users shared each one ARPA scientists had to work together In 1969 they took a big leap They linked four computers at four universities They called the network ARPANET or DARPANET for Defense ARPANET users could search one computer with another one They could copy fi les They could send data The network grew in the 1970s Soon other networks popped up They linked together too This inter-networking became the Internet 5
