www.npec-web.org

The United States of America invented the Internet in 1969. At least, that is when the ARPAnet was built by the Bolt Beranek Company. ARPAnet was a sort of precursor to the Internet, and it acquired several nodes throughout the year: one was deployed at UCLA, another at Stanford, another at UC Santa Barbara and a final one at University of Utah. These interconnected universities gradually acquired the ability to communicate with others. People contributed through the process of RFCs (Requests for Comment), which essentially make up the very Read the rest of this entry »

Since the invention of the internet it has proven to be a business person ‘best friend’. The internet does everything that a brick and mortar advertising company does but only quicker. For instance, if you mail out 600 postcard around the world today, chances are not anyone will get them the same day. There is usually a 3 to 5 day turnaround for the snail mail service. On the other hand, if you send out these same 600 advertisements through the internet email, customers will get them within minutes. Plus it costs you nothing. With this in mind it Read the rest of this entry »

If you are new to the Internet, you may wonder how the Internet stores information. If you have used a computer before, you may know that the computer has a hard disk that stores information. You may not know the difference between RAM and a hard disk drive, and this distinction is important. Information is stored on a hard disk drive long-term. RAM stores information temporarily.

The information that you find on the Internet is stored on a computer as well. It’s often stored on Read the rest of this entry »

The internet as we know it today uses a huge variety of different processes to carry out its functions. Many examples can be pointed to, but the two that dictate information flow on the internet are downloading and uploading. Downloading is the taking of, or copying of a file from a server onto your computer. Uploading is basically the reverse of this, and together these two processes make it possible to have a flow of Read the rest of this entry »