1. Matt, Brody, Dylan, and Sean

2. The Internet?
The internet is a system or network of
servers, computers, and routers connected
by communication lines.
Now Then

3. History
 1961 – First packet-switching papers
 1969 – ARPANET carries its first packets
 1980 – Ethernet standard introduced
 1982 – TCP/IP protocol suite formalized
 1983 – Domain Name System (DNS)
 1991 – World Wide Web (WWW)
 1994 – Full text web search engines
 1995 – very high-speed Backbone Network Service (vBNS)
 2000 – Dot-com bubble bursts
 2006 – First meeting of the Internet Governance Forum
 2010 – First internationalized country code top-level domains
registered
 2012 – ICANN begins accepting applications for new generic
top-level domain names

4. Use of the Internet
 Email
 Newsgroups
 Discussion
 Business
 Banking
 Social networking

5. How to connect to the internet?
 Dial-up
 Dsl
 Cable
 T1 line
 Wireless broad band
 Wi-Fi
 Satellite

6. Devices that use Internet
Then
 Computers
Now
 Phones
 Tablets
 Laptops
 Notebooks
 Printers

7. Browsers
Modern
 Chrome , Safari, Firefox, Internet
Explorer, and Opera.
Outdated
 Line Mode Browser, ViolaWWW, Erwise,
MidasWWW, MacWWW, Windows
2003.

8. Hardware
 Personal Computer with Internet access,
such as: Phone, Tablet, PC, XBOX, etc.
 Router
 Modem
 Network Interface
Card (NIC)
 Wireless Adapter
 Wired/Wireless Access Points

9. Internet Service Provider
 Higginsville's current provider is
Citizen’s Telephone Company.
 Some of the top Internet Service
Providers are: Comcast, AT&T, Verizon,
T-Mobile, Time Warner Cable.

10. Internet Software needed for
School Computers
 OS-Windows 7
 Communication- Internet Protocol Version 4
(TCP/IPv4)
 ISP Utilities- mstar isp utility windows 7
 Browser-Internet Exploror

11. Software cont.
 Internet browser software
 Anti-virus software
 Email software such as Outlook
 Plug-In software such as Adobe Flash,
Java.
 Anti-Spam software (Optional)

12. How the Internet has affected
Society.
 Social Networking
 Online Business
 Schooling
 Art
 Entertainment
 Research

13. Internet… In the Future.
 Google Fiber
 Web 3.0
 Faster Internet Speeds
 Bigger Servers
 Better Graphics
 New Browsers

14. Works Cited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_service_provi
der
http://techtips.salon.com/computer-hardware-
required-internet-internet-access-components-
95.html
http://netforbeginners.about.com/cs/internet101/a
/internet101_L1.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_wars
http://whatsmyos.com/
http://windows.microsoft.com/enUS/windows7/Ch
ange-TCP-IP-settings