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WHAT IS THE INTERNET



The Internet started around 1969 as a small network of government computers (belonging to the Advanced Research Projects Agency, (ARPA) and has been growing exponentially ever since. In fact, at this time, estimates put the number of sites (world-wide) at around 3 to 5 million! Since each site could have many users, this means that at any moment, millions of individuals are accessing the Internet. The current estimate of growth is 10% per month!

Clearly, the Internet is a BIG network of computers talking to one another. None of these computers is in control and there is no "central point" on the Internet (sometimes simply referred to as "the net"). Amazingly, in spite of its large size, the Internet is a cooperative effort with no one in charge, and it seems to work.

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