The Internet By Nathan.A !

The Internet By Nathan.A !

1. The Internet Only just works!

2. What is the internet?

   • a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.
     • First packet switching network was the, "ARPAnet.
     • The first basic protocol that underlay the Arpanet was NCP[1] which combined addressing and transport into a single protocol

3. The Future

   • The requirements for the internet are changing everyday if the people desire more functionality
     • The internet will suffer growing pains if it progresses from the 80% functionality to the 90+% functionality level
       • Changes in the Internet have not been very successful in history, but the changes that do prove to be are completed are at the last minute
         • There will be more and more ways on why the internet will only just work in the future.
           • It will be decided if they can fix these problems before running into them at the last minute.