The Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
A random fact about Internet.
The Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US Department of Defense.
Leonard Kleinrock is widely credited with coming up with the original idea that became the World Wide Web.
In 1961, he wrote about ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet, in a paper entitled "Information Flow in Large Communication Nets."
Kleinrock, along with other pioneers like J.C.R. Licklider, the first director of the Information Processing Technology Office (IPTO), provided the backbone for the ubiquitous stream of emails, media, Facebook postings, and tweets that are now shared online every day.
So, here is a quick recap of the Internet's history:
Early in the history of computing, in 1969, the U.S. gave the Internet's forerunner a boost.
Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET). Many of the current Internet communication protocols were created by researchers with funding from ARPA.