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The Internet Portal Internet Archive servers Selected article The history of the Internet dates back to the early development of communication networks. In the 1950s and early 1960s, prior to the widespread inter-networking that led to the Internet, most communication networks were limited by their nature to only allow communications between the stations on the network. Some networks had gateways or bridges between them, but these bridges were often limited or built specifically for a single use. One prevalent computer networking method was based on the central mainframe method, simply allowing its terminals to be connected via long leased lines. This method was used in the 1950s by Project RAND to support researchers such as Herbert A. Simon, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when collaborating across the continent with researchers in Santa Monica, California, on automated theorem proving and artificial intelligence. Selected picture Chinese internet café in Lijiang, Yunnan, PR China from the inside. An internet café or cybercafé is a place where one can use a computer with Internet access, most for a fee, usually per hour or minute; sometimes one can have unmetered access with a pass for a day or month, etc. It may serve as a regular café as well, with food and drinks being served. News Wikinews Internet portal Further information: Timeline of computing 2020-present § 2024 July 5: Ransomware attack hits over 200 US companies, forces Swedish grocery chain to close July 31: "Avast ye scurvy file sharers!": Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge October 6: European Court of Justice says Facebook must remove 'illegal' posts globally September 22: Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence April 8: 540 million private Facebook records found on public Internet December 23: UK police locate missing Chinese teen Mei Chen, silent on details October 29: Technology giant Microsoft completes acquisition of GitHub More at Wikinews WikiProjects Main project: WikiProject Internet Related WikiProjects: Blogging • Websites • Early Web History • Internet culture Did you know (auto-generated) - ... that the music minister, seminary student, and pageant contestant Leah Boyd became an Internet celebrity due to her comedic and satirical commentary on Twitter? ... that social media influencer Andrew Tate described himself as "absolutely a misogynist"? ... that Alexandra Hunt, a former stripper, opened an OnlyFans account in response to an Internet troll during her campaign for a seat in the United States House of Representatives? ... that a verse by Kendrick Lamar for The Melodic Blue was leaked before the album's release and went viral as an Internet meme? ... that Syndicate was the first to reach 1 million followers on Twitch, beating League of Legends developer Riot Games to the record? ... that Meme Man is used in many surreal memes, a genre of internet humor inspired by surrealism? Selected biography Marc Andreessen (born July 9, 1971, in Cedar Falls, Iowa and raised in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, United States) is a software engineer and entrepreneur best known as co-author of Mosaic, the first widely-used web browser, and co-founder of Netscape Communications Corporation. He was the chair of Opsware, a software company he founded originally as Loudcloud, when it was acquired by Hewlett-Packard. Netscape's success attracted the attention of Microsoft, which recognized the web's potential and wanted to put itself at the forefront of the rising Internet revolution. Microsoft licensed the Mosaic source code from Spyglass, Inc., an offshoot of the University of Illinois, and turned it into Internet Explorer. The resulting battle between the two companies became known as the Browser Wars. Andreessen is an investor in social news website Digg and serves on the board of Open Media Network. He is also a cofounder of Ning, a company which provides a platform for social-networking websites. General images - The following are images from various internet-related articles on Wikipedia. Stamped envelope of Russian Post issued in 1993 with stamp and graphics dedicated to first Russian underwater digital optic cable laid in 1993 by Rostelecom from Kingisepp to Copenhagen (from History of the Internet) Internet users in 2023 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunication Union. (from History of the Internet) Postage stamp of Azerbaijan (2004): 35 Years of the Internet, 1969–2004 (from History of the Internet) Number of Internet hosts worldwide: 1969–2019 Source: Internet Systems Consortium. (from History of the Internet) Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunication Union. (from History of the Internet) Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunication Union. (from Internet access) T3 NSFNET Backbone, c. 1992 (from History of the Internet) BBN Technologies TCP/IP Internet map of early 1986 (from History of the Internet) Mobile broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunication Union. (from Internet access) The digital divide measured in terms of bandwidth is not closing, but fluctuating up and down. Gini coefficients for telecommunication capacity (in kbit/s) among individuals worldwide (from Internet access) Wi-Fi logo (from Internet access) Wi-Fi range diagram (from Internet access) Internet Connectivity Access layer (from Internet access) Internet users in 2015 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunication Union. (from Internet access) Map of the TCP/IP test network in February 1982 (from History of the Internet) Satellite Internet access via VSAT in Ghana (from Internet access) First Internet demonstration, linking the ARPANET, PRNET, and SATNET on November 22, 1977 (from History of the Internet) Robert Cailliau, Jean-François Abramatic, and Tim Berners-Lee at the tenth anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium (from History of the World Wide Web) The corridor where the World Wide Web was born, on the ground floor of building No. 1 at CERN (from History of the World Wide Web) Broadband affordability in 2011 This map presents an overview of broadband affordability, as the relationship between average yearly income per capita and the cost of a broadband subscription (data referring to 2011). Source: Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute. (from Internet access) The NeXT Computer used by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN became the first Web server. (from History of the World Wide Web) Where the WEB was born (from History of the World Wide Web) Mobile broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunication Union. (from History of the Internet) 1997 advertisement in State Magazine by the US State Department Library for sessions introducing the then-unfamiliar Web (from History of the World Wide Web) Selected quote More Did you know... ... that Erik Möller (pictured), Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, helped to develop both Wikinews and Wikimedia Commons? ...that Egg Banking plc is now the world's largest "pure" Internet bank, meaning it's only accessible from the Internet? ... that anarchist Internet archive Spunk Library was once falsely accused of collaborating with the terrorist guerrilla outfit Red Army Faction? 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