The history of technologies that caused the internet to be created dates back to the 50′s, but only in 1982 the modern internet was built based on the TCP/IP protocol.
In this article we’re going to share some interesting facts about the Internet, facts that every Internet user should know.
Fact 1: The WWW was created by one man:
While the internet is the result of an effort made by many scientists and programmers, the WWW was created by one man and later it was implemented on the Internet. That man is Tim Berners-Lee.
Fact 2: The weight of the Internet:
The most popular myths about the weight of the internet is rather a salt particle, a strawberry, however, information doesn’t have weight.Measuring the electrons that store 5 million terabytes, the answer is this: the internet weights around 28 grams.
Fact 3: Number of people connected to the Internet:
In December of 2011, 2.267.233.762 people were connected to the Internet. In 2012 the number gets close to 2,5 billion and Asia is still the continent with the most people connected to the Internet, twice as many as Europe and four times more than the United States Internet users.
Fact 4: Mosaic was not the first internet web browser:
The browser helped expand the world wide web, Mosaic, was not the first web browser in creation. Mosaic was just the first browser capable of displaying images. The first web browser was created by Tim Berners-Lee, the man who created the internet. At first it was named WWW but later the name was changed to Nexus.
Fact 5: The first webcam streaming:
The first webcam, invented by the Cambridge university, sent a very important piece of information on the Internet: images of a coffee machine and this happened in 1991. The webcam was invented so that Cambridge researchers can see what the coffee is ready.
Fact 6: First video uploaded on YouTube:
“Me at the Zoo” was the first video to be uploaded on YouTube and it is still available today on youtube.com. The video was created by one of the three YouTube founders, Jawed Karim, in 2005.
Fact 7: The internet destroyed the autograph:
There are still people who collect autographs but celebrities are more open now than they were 10 years ago. Personal websites and social networking allows anyone to post a message for a celebrity to see. Celebrities often also reply to messages from users.
Fact 8: The Internet Users:
About 1/6 of Earth’s total population enjoys surfing the internet at least once per month. Many of the people who do not surf the internet, however, have noted that they would like to enjoy internet pictures and videos if they had the opportunity.
Fact 9: The internet Usage:
Over half of all the downloading and uploading online is file sharing that is often considered illegal. Another rising portion of the overall bandwidth that will likely get bigger and bigger is from streaming video services such as Netflix.
Fact 10:Security and Privacy Policy:
Security and privacy concerns have always been a problem on the Internet with many people often unaware of the potential risks they take when inputting confidential data, passwords and personal information into various websites. Viruses and spam emails are other sources over security concerns which frequently cause disruptions and headaches for users of the web.
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