1. The Internet
Researchers at four United States campuses created the first hosts of the ARPANET in 1969 connecting Stanford Research Institute, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, and University of Utah. ... In 1971, the ARPANET grew to 23 hosts connecting universities and government research centers around the country. ... On November 1, 1988, a malicious program called the "Internet Worm" temporarily disabled many Internet host. ... The number of computer host approached 10 million at that time. ... The beginning of the address tells the Internet routers what network you are part of and the right end of the addres...
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- Grade Level: High School