Bursa is a city
in Turkey, located in northwestern Anatolia, within the Marmara
Region. It is the fourth most populous
city in Turkey and one of the most industrialized metropolitan centers in the
country. The city is also the administrative center of Bursa
Province. It is also the 4th biggest city in Turkey.
Istanbul is
the largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and
historical heart. With a population of 13.9 million,
the city forms one of the largest urban agglomerations in Europe and is the second-largest
city in the world by population within city limits.
The Internetis a global network connecting millions of
computers. According to Internet World Stats, as of December 31, 2011 there
was an estimated 2,267,233,742 Internet users worldwide. This represents 32.7%
of the world's population.
Origins of
the Internet:
J.C.R. Licklider
·J.C.R. Licklider of MIT in August 1962 wrote about the
Galactic Network concept.
·Became first head of Computer Research Program at DARPA
(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and convinced his successors about
the importance of the project.
· Leonard Kleinrock at MIT published the first
paper and book in packet switching theory in 1961 and 1964,respectively.
·Kleinrock
convinced Laurence G. Roberts of the theoretical feasibility of the project.
·In
1966, Roberts went to DARPA and started development on ARPANET.
Leonard Kleinrock
·ARPANET grew to become the Internet we know today.
Internet Timeline:
1970s:
•1971: 15 nodes (23 hosts) all at US locations
•1972: Ray Tomlinson modifies email program for
use on
ARPANET; it becomes a big hit
•1973: First international connections to ARPANET
(England and
Norway)
•1976: Elizabeth II sends email
•1979: USENET (Newsgroups) established
•1979: Scott Fahlman suggests use of emoticons,
:-) and :-(
1980s:
•1983: ARPANET split into ARPANET (civilian)
and MILNET
(military)
•1983: Berkley UNIX Desktop OS includes IP
networking
software
•1984: Domain Name System (DNS) introduced
•1985: File Transfer Protocol (FTP) introduced
•1987: Number of hosts exceeds 10,000
•1988: Morris Worm
•1989: 100,000 hosts
1990s:
•1990: ARPANET ceases to exist
•1990: Tim Berners-Lee (CERN) invents HTTP and implements
server and browser
