Chapter 4 (1/1)

The Birth of the Internet

The internet’s history begins in the 1960s

Just half a century ago, the circumstances that established the internet already started to fade into the ether and now there is likely no one who can reveal the truth

According to one theory, its genesis is said to have been the result of the A of the Cold War, the United States had the advantage over their arch-enemy, the Soviet Union This was because the US had developed the world’s first atoen bomb soon after, and so were the clear winners in terms of nuclear development With the sheer number of nuclear warheads they possessed and their power, the United States was overwhelly superior

However, on October 4, 1957 an incident that shocked the US occurred

The launch of the Soviet man-made satellite Sputnik 1 succeeded

The fact that there was technology powerful enough to launch an artificial satellite into orbit y that could shoot a nuclear missile from the USSR to the United States

In thesatellites, had not yet succeeded even in the development of a rocket that could fly satisfactorily

In other words, it was at this tiainst nuclear missile attacks from the Soviet Union

Today’s internet was born from this Sputnik crisis

At that time, the US military utilized co and was able to overpower the Soviet Union in this field

However, this coainst a nuclear missile attack froh tey, the valuable data contained therein would be instantly lost

As a result, network research began as a defense against nuclear attacks

For example, if subjected to a nuclear attack, is it possible to transfer the data contained in one computer to another via a communication line?

This was the first idea to realize the internet, or so the internet’s oes

On July 20, 1969, the United States acco with Apollo 11

That same year, ARPANET, the base of the internet, was constructed by the United States Departency, or ARPA