A Brief History of the Internet

In the late 1960's, the United States Department of Defense developed the Internet as a military research project. At that time, this project was not even referred to as the "Internet". It was known as ARPANET. Its purpose was to create an emergency military communication system that could withstand a nuclear attack.

Gradually over the years, ARPANET was employed in major universities and later on by scholars and scientists. As the years went by, the network quickly grew to include researchers across the country and eventually included schools, businesses, organizations and individuals around the world.

Now, millions of people all across the world are networked together as a result of the Internet. Soon enough, this number will be in the billions!