How did the internet start?

[creepy_rabbit]

I doubt that it serves the purpose it was supposed to do in the beginning, don't you?
But what was its original purpose?
i'd like to know as much as possible about this because i find it quite a mystery.

P.S Serious answers people!

 

[MorsePacific]

It was originally a network designed to allow the military to communicate more quickly and easily.

 

[Flap Jack452]

For military use, then it was let loose upon the public.

 

[Ibanez887]

I think it was started as a way for companies to communicate between one another

 

[Zacharine]

This ought to answer most question in a brief manner.

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

Some guy (forget the name) starting linking computers together, for trnasfrers and stuff, and so on, until it became the gargantuan monster it is today.

Before anyone says anything about it, there is no center to the internet.

 

[the_duke_CC]

Well the first sign of the internet was between 2 universities on the east cost of america (the names of which escape me for the moment) but it was only to test a theory that 2 computers could comunicate over a vast distance without being directly connected to eachother. It was further devolped into what we know today for military comunication aspects as far as i know.

 

[creepy_rabbit]

It was originally a network designed to allow the military to communicate more quickly and easily.

Yes, i thought so

 

[OneHP]

Can't discuss this topic without mentioning Tim Berners Lee, whilst not the inventor of the Internet he did create the World Wide Web, the way most of us interact with the Internet today.

 

[Incredible Bullshitting Man]

It was originally a network designed to allow the military to communicate more quickly and easily.

Yes, i thought so

You thought correctly: In the beginning there was ARPANET

 

[Souplex]

I willed it into being.

 

[Radeonx]

I willed it into being.

Then I slapped it in the face until it got it's act together and starting working hard.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

The Internet and the Worldwide Web are two totally different things. If it's the Internet you're interested in, then it was certainly an American invention. Credit for the Worldwide Web goes to Tim Berners Lee, a British CERN employee.

 

[creepy_rabbit]

This ought to answer most question in a brief manner.

The french invented the internet?!?!

 

[ae86gamer]

I made it with some help from Neon.

[sup]I honestly have no clue how it started.[/sup]

 

[NeutralDrow]

Originally designed for military use, until a few visionaries (Al Gore among them, regardless of idiotic misquotes) argued for expanding its purpose.

 

[Clashero]

I doubt that it serves the purpose it was supposed to do in the beginning, don't you?
But what was its original purpose?
i'd like to know as much as possible about this because i find it quite a mystery.

P.S Serious answers people!

Ironically, you should make use of the internet and go to Wikipedia or Google for that.

 

[bodyklok]

EDIT:Oh, and just for content.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_was_the_Internet_invented

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_invented_the_Internet

 

[Zacharine]

This ought to answer most question in a brief manner.

The french invented the internet?!?!

They invented parts of it that acted as the basis for modern networking. But yes, something excellent came out of France

 

[creepy_rabbit]

This ought to answer most question in a brief manner.

The french invented the internet?!?!

They invented parts of it that acted as the basis for modern networking. But yes, something excellent came out of France

My god...