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Internet - Grade 9

The Internet is a global network connecting billions of electronic devices like computers. It allows for the widespread transfer of data through connections like broadband, cable, fiber optic, wireless and other methods. The Internet began in the 1960s as a US military network called ARPANET and has since evolved to include technologies like the World Wide Web, email and web browsers, making it an essential part of everyday life worldwide with over 2 billion users.

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Internet - Grade 9

The Internet is a global network connecting billions of electronic devices like computers. It allows for the widespread transfer of data through connections like broadband, cable, fiber optic, wireless and other methods. The Internet began in the 1960s as a US military network called ARPANET and has since evolved to include technologies like the World Wide Web, email and web browsers, making it an essential part of everyday life worldwide with over 2 billion users.

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INTERNET

INTERNET
The Internet is
a global
network of
billions of
computers and
other electronic
devices.
INTERNET

NECESSARY
IN EVERYDAY
LIFE.
most
WIDESPREAD

NETWORK

2 BILLION
USERS
Internet World Wide
Web

Web Browsers
DATA FLOW
TRANSFER

Downloading
Receiving data or a file from the
Internet on your computer.

Uploading
Sending data or a file from your
computer or somewhere on the
Internet.
BIT
RATE
represents speed at which data
is transferred through a modem
(network)
measured in bit/s (bit per second)
HISTOR
Y
The Revolutionary Idea
1962
The US Air Force asked a small team of
researchers to create military communication
network that can withstand a nuclear strike.
HISTOR
Y
The Baran Model
1964
Paul Baran
One of the prominent figures in the
creation of the Internet.

He had an idea to create


a network in the form
of large network.

PACKET
SWITCHING
HISTOR
Y
ARPANET
1969 Experimental Network
by ARPA
(Advanced Research Projects Agency)

Created to link
four universities
together.
• Stanford Research Institute
• The University of California
at Los Angeles
• The University of California
at Santa Barbara
• University of Utah

The first electronic message was sent between


two computers over ARPANET
HISTOR
Y
E-MAIL
Electronic Mail Ray Tomlinson
1971
developed the electronic
mail

July 1972
Lawrence G. Roberts
Improved and developed
the first application for
listing, selectively
reading, archiving, and
responding to or
forwarding an e-mail.
HISTOR
Y
World Wide Web
Late 1990
Tim Berners-Lee
Finished the protocol HTTP,
as well as HTML for
browsing networks by using
hyperlinks.
INTERNET
CONNECTIONS
Types of Internet Connections

DIAL-UP
This method of
connecting of the
Internet is the oldest
and slowest method. It
is also the most readily
available in all places
which also receive
phone service.
INTERNET
CONNECTIONS
Types of Internet Connections

DSL
Digital Subscriber Line

This is many times faster


than dial-up. Your PC us
connected to a separate
DSL modem which in turn is
connected to your phone
line. This type of connection
allows the computer to be
on the internet while
someone is able to use the
phone at the same time.
INTERNET
CONNECTIONS
Types of Internet Connections

Cable
This is many times faster
than dial-up. Your PC us
connected to a separate
DSL modem which in turn is
connected to your phone
line.
INTERNET
CONNECTIONS
Types of Internet Connections

FiOS
(Fiber Optic Service)
The fastest connection available to most home users.
Fiber internet uses fiber-optic cables instead of copper
wires. 
INTERNET
CONNECTIONS
Types of Internet Connections

Fiber Optic Service


INTERNET
CONNECTIONS
Types of Internet Connections

Fiber Optic Service


How fast is fiber-optic internet?
INTERNET
CONNECTIONS
Types of Internet Connections

Wireless Internet
Wireless internet
enables wireless connectivity to
the internet via radio waves
rather than wires on a person's
home computer,
laptop, smartphone or similar
mobile device. 
WEB BROWSERS

A web browser is a software application


for accessing information on the World
Wide Web.

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