To meet the needs of data transmission standards, Bob Kahn and Vinton Cerf, two Internet creators, developed the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP) (Kristula, Dave. http://www.davesite.com ). During the 1970s various government, scientific, and academic groups developed their own networks. "In 1990, the ARPANET was retired and transferred to the NSFNet. The NSFNet soon connected to the CSNET, which linked Universities around North America, and then to the EUnet, which connected research facilities in Europe. Thanks in part to the NSF's enlightened management, and fueled by the popularity of the web, the use of the Internet exploded after 1990, causing the US Government to transfer management to independent organizations starting in 1995 (Stewart, B!.
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In 1989, English computer scientist Timothy Berners-Lee introduced the World Wide Web. Berners-Lee's original plan for the WWW was to link Physicists throughout the world to the Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) (Stewart, Bill. www.living .). As the WWW grew, the use of the Internet was revolutionized. Following the years after the Government released the Internet, organizations in many countries around the world created "backbones" to connect internationally through underwater cables and satellite links (Eddings, Joshua. How the Internet Works). The Internet changed rapidly during the "90s and because of its many developers, it has become one of the greatest links around the World, having many different uses. .
There are many important uses of the Internet which are available to people almost anywhere in the world. The Internet is universal, it is fast, it promotes freedom of speech, and it is growing at the highest rate of any other technology (Stewart, Bill. www.living .). Some of the Internet's main uses are E-mail, file sharing, forums and discussions, reference and research, as well as various business uses.