A Brief History Of The Internet

The Internet is a very vast network that connects computers all around the globe. Through the Internet, individuals are able to share data and communicate with each other from any point with an Internet connection. The Internet is fast and reliable with data transfers being at the rate of a thousand times faster than normal phone calls. Because of this the use of the Internet is seen in various forms in everyday life. There are business online, social networks on the Internet, newsgroups and email.

When data packets are transferred from one computer to another, they are first checked to see if they have the right format for transfer. If the transfer is successful then the next step involves the data packets getting from the other computer to the one that wanted it. Internet communication is done through the use of Transport Control Protocol, which is also known as TCP. This protocol is what makes the Internet work.

TCP was first designed by TCP/IP but when it was released it included more protocols and added more support for IP networking. This included IPsec, IP packets, the transport control protocol and header framing. This is how the Internet got its name. It also uses different types of negotiation protocols for example ICMP Echo Request and ICMP Reply which is used to establish secure sockets and secure headers.