JRL 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Darpa, Bob Kahn, Packet Switching
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Arpanet: problem- can we maintain military communication after nuclear war, pentagon"s advanced research projects agency, project was a partnership between the military and academic intuitions (ucla, uc santa. Barbara, stanford, utah: went online in 1969, same year as moon landing on moon. Connecting incompatible networks: arpanet led to multiple packet switching networks, bob kahn and vint perf created rules for networks to communicate with each other, standardization! Accessing the web: mosaic- the first graphical web browser, growth of high speed continuous access to the broadband internet access, expansion of mobile access to internet. 75% of us homes have internet access: 43% of world population have internet access, digital divide: barriers that do make it difficult to access the internet, mobile media bridging gap. Immediate and direct, an embedded in this medium. Media consumers become media producers: sharing news through social media, mobile phone video.
