The document discusses the history and development of the Internet and World Wide Web. It outlines several key milestones from the creation of ARPANET in 1969 to the growth of social media and mobile internet. Charts show global internet usage has grown from 361 million users in 2000 to over 2.2 billion users in 2011, with Asia having the most users. The document also describes the original domain name system of country-code top-level domains and seven generic top-level domains.

1. Internet
infrastructure and
History of the World
Wide Web
Graham Garner
E-Business Practicum BA/CA 388-01
Wartburg College • Fall 2012
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2. History of the Internet
http://vimeo.com/2696386
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3. Milestones of the
Internet
• Oct. 1957 – USSR launches Sputnik satellite
• Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) of U.S.
Dept. of Defense seeks to protect confidential
military information
• 1969 – ARPA forms ARPANET, first Internet
• 1990s – Internet becomes available to general public
• 1995 – Yahoo creates directory of sites and pages to
help people find good information
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4. Milestones of the
Internet
• Late 1990s – Dot Com Industry booms Internet
grows too large for Yahoo to organize well
• Google forms after creating a way to count links and
give good relevance to searches
• Sept. 2001 – The 9-11 attacks cause the market to
plunge, as does the dot com industry
• Web gets reinvigorated as a social networking tool
as well as commercial business
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5. Milestones of the
Internet
• Sites like Friendster, MySpace and Facebook change
the way people interact on the Web… Web 2.0
• Blogging software becomes popular, allowing
anyone to create a Web site
• Too many blogs to keep track of causes Really
Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds to be developed
• New York Times the first newspaper to use RSS
feeds; all others follow suit
• Mobile web is gaining in popularity
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6. How the Internet Works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5oe63pOhLI
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7. World Internet Usage
and Population
Internet Internet Users
World Population Percentage of Growth Percentage
Users (Dec. (Dec. 30,
Regions (2011) Population (2000-2011) of Table
31, 2000) 2011)
Africa 1,037,524,058 4,514,400 139,875,242 13.50% 2988.40% 6.20%
Asia 3,879,740,877 114,304,000 1,016,799,076 26.20% 789.60% 44.80%
Europe 816,426,346 105,096,093 500,723,686 61.30% 376.40% 22.10%
Middle
East 216,258,843 3,284,800 77,020,995 35.60% 2244.80% 3.40%
North
America 347,394,870 108,096,800 273,067,546 78.60% 152.60% 12.00%
La6n
America
/
597,283,165 18,068,919 235,819,740 39.50% 1205.10% 10.40%
Carib.
Oceania
/
35,426,995 7,620,480 23,927,457 67.50% 214.00% 1.10%
Australia
WORLD
TOTAL 6,930,055,154 360,985,492 2,267,233,742 32.70% 528.10% 100.00%
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8. Internet Users in the World
Distribution by World Regions
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
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9. Domain Names
When the Domain Name System was
devised, in the 1980s, the domain name
space was divided into two main groups
of domains.The country code top-level
domains (ccTLD) were primarily based
on the two-character territory codes of
ISO-3166 country abbreviations.
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10. Domain Names
In addition, a group of seven generic top-
level domains (gTLD) was implemented
which represented a set of categories of
names and multi-organizations.
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11. Domain Names
Gov[ernment]
Edu[cation]
Com[mercial]
Mil[itary]
Org[anisations]
Net[work]
Int[ernational]
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