The Internet
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From a military experiment to the infrastructure of modern life — the extraordinary history of the internet.
Episodes
- Mosaic to Netscape: The First Browser Wars
This episode of The Internet explores the first browser wars, focusing on Mosaic's impact on web browsing, Netscape Navigator's rise, and Microsoft's aggressive entry with Internet Explorer. It covers the technological innovations and comm…
- The World Wide Web: Tim Berners-Lee's Gift to Humanity
This episode of The Internet explores Tim Berners-Lee's creation of the World Wide Web at CERN in 1989. It covers the foundational technologies of HTML, HTTP, and URLs, and the impact of the web's release into the public domain.
- From Universities to Everyone: The Internet Goes Public
This episode explores the internet's transformation from an exclusive academic network to a global phenomenon between 1989-1995. It covers the roles of ARPANET, NSFNET, Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web, and the lifting of commercial restri…
- Packets, Protocols, and the TCP/IP Revolution
This episode discusses the history and mechanics of packet switching and TCP/IP protocols, which form the backbone of the internet. It covers how data travels across networks, the transition from circuit switching to packet switching, and…
- The Birth of ARPANET: When Four Computers Changed the World
This episode recounts the birth of ARPANET on October 29, 1969, featuring the first message sent by Charley Kline. It details ARPA's creation due to the Cold War, J.C.R. Licklider's "Intergalactic Computer Network" concept, and the develop…