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The '''net''', short for '''Internet''', was the term for the early global [[computer]] and [[communications]] [[network]] on [[Earth]] in the [[20th Century|20th]] and [[21st Century|21st Centuries]]. |
The '''net''', short for '''Internet''', was the term for the early global [[computer]] and [[communications]] [[network]] on [[Earth]] in the [[20th Century|20th]] and [[21st Century|21st Centuries]]. |
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| − | The net began as a [[military]] project of the [[United States of America]], then a major Earth [[ |
+ | The net began as a [[military]] project of the [[United States of America]], then a major Earth [[country]]. The project was called ARPANET, an acronym for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, and in its earliest years primarily linked military and educational institutions. The fledgling net started to become widely available to the public in the [[1990s]]. |
At first limited to transmitting text at slow speeds, the net's infrastructure quickly advanced to the point where [[data]], [[voice]], and [[video]] transmission was common. The net fundamentally changed the nature of [[media]] on Earth since it made "peer-to-peer" communication nearly effortless, breaking up the older "one-to-many" model of other forms of communication, such as [[television]], [[radio]], and even [[book]] publishing. |
At first limited to transmitting text at slow speeds, the net's infrastructure quickly advanced to the point where [[data]], [[voice]], and [[video]] transmission was common. The net fundamentally changed the nature of [[media]] on Earth since it made "peer-to-peer" communication nearly effortless, breaking up the older "one-to-many" model of other forms of communication, such as [[television]], [[radio]], and even [[book]] publishing. |
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Revision as of 12:21, 22 February 2006
The net, short for Internet, was the term for the early global computer and communications network on Earth in the 20th and 21st Centuries.
The net began as a military project of the United States of America, then a major Earth country. The project was called ARPANET, an acronym for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, and in its earliest years primarily linked military and educational institutions. The fledgling net started to become widely available to the public in the 1990s.
At first limited to transmitting text at slow speeds, the net's infrastructure quickly advanced to the point where data, voice, and video transmission was common. The net fundamentally changed the nature of media on Earth since it made "peer-to-peer" communication nearly effortless, breaking up the older "one-to-many" model of other forms of communication, such as television, radio, and even book publishing.
By the 2020s, the Interface became the primary public means of accessing the net. (DS9: "Past Tense, Part I", "Past Tense, Part II")