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Internet: Interesting Facts About The Internet
Oct.20, 2007 in Internet
How did the Internet Start and Why?
Many believe it all started with the time-sharing of IBM computers in the early 60’s at universities such as Dartmouth, Berkeley and others in the States. People would share the same computer for their computing tasks. The Internet also received help from Sputnik! After this Russian Satellite was launched in 1957, President Eisenhower formed ARPA to advance computer networking and communication.
What was ARPANET?
ARPANET stands for ‘Advanced Research Projects Agency Network’ Came about in the arena of Sputnik and the cold war. The military needed a method of communicating and sharing all the information on computers for research and development. It would also be a handy communication system if all traditional ways were wiped out in a nuclear attack.
Who coined the phrase “World Wide Web”?
Tim Berners-Lee in 1990. He’s also considered by most people as the person who started the whole thing rolling.
How fast is the Internet growing?
Very fast. It took 38 years for radio to reach 50 million users, 13 years for TV, and only 5 years for the Internet.
Number of Internet Users and Breakdown.
The Internet is roughly 35% English, 65% non-English with the Chinese at 14%. Yet only 13% of world’s population, 812 million are Internet users as of Dec. ‘04. North America has the highest continental concentration with 70% of the people using the Internet.
How big is the Internet’s surfing world?
Google’s index now stands at 8 billion pages. Roughly 812 million surfers and growing. Using email (67%) and doing reseach (45%) are the main activities, followed by getting info about products/services (41%), and checking news, weather, etc. (40%) Source: Harrisinteractive.com
What are your average surfing habits according
Each month you usually visit 59 domains, view 1,050 pages allocating 45 seconds for each page and spend about 25 hours doing all this net activity. Each surfing session lasts 51 minutes. Source: Nielsen Netratings