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__Internet﻿﻿__ = ** History ** = Everyone knows the Internet but how much do you really know about the history? The idea for the Internet started in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The government wanted computers to be connected, so that’s were the idea started. The agency ARPA connected the first four computers to make the Internet. Later ARPA added a “D” to ARPA to make DARPA. That stands for “Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.” Vinton Clerf wanted to help the Internet start to grow. ICANN helps run the Internet. The Internet is made out of many computers connected together. Vinton Clerf is a very important person who works with the Internet. Vinton Clerf helped create TCP/ IP. Links help you travel from page to page very quickly.

Do you really know how the Internet works? I’m going to tell you all about it. For you to have access to the Internet you need to have a cable connected to your computer and that cable that is connected to your computer needs to be connected to the World Wide Web. Most of us can’t understand the code so we a browser to translate the code and to make it in to words, music, videos, and pictures so we can understand. To get on a web page you need to type in an address or the URL in the address bar. The cable is connected to a server. There is a sever for each web page. The server sends a code to your computer.
 * How it Works **

= ** Popular WebSites ** = ** There are many popular websites on the Internet. I will name a few. There are Google, Yahoo!, Wikipeidia, Wikispaces, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and E-bay are just a few. Google is a web browser and so is Yahoo! Wikipedia is a web site that hold lots of info, it has info on anything you can imagine. Wikispaces is a web site that is like a profolio. It holds every thing you type. E-bay is a website that people buy and sell their things. **