The Internet
INTRODUCTION
The Internet began in the United States of America (USA) in the 1960’s, funded by the Ministry of Defence it was used to send/share information from computer to another computer using the telephone lines. From this it has exploded into the widest used entertainment, information, research and communication resources service there is to date.
The Internet is one of the youngest and fastest growing media in today's world. Internet growth is still accelerating, which indicates that the Internet has not yet reached its highest expansion period . It should be noted, however, that while the Internet is a completely new kind of medium, by separating it into a distinct category, we are allowing for a certain amount of double counting, because all the Internet-based stock of information is already accounted for under "magnetic" or "tape" categories. Furthermore, we should make clear the distinction between the stock and the flow of information. While web sites and some portion of email messages are being stored and accounted for under different storage categories, there are other "components" of what we know as "Internet," such as Internet Relay Chat (IRC) or Telnet, which exist only as a flow of communication. What makes the Internet extremely successful is that it is one of a handful of media (such as radio and TV), where one unit of storage might generate terabytes of flow, as opposed to books and newspapers, where one exemplar is usually read by one or two people, and the flow of information is relatively low
INTRODUCTION
The Internet began in the United States of America (USA) in the 1960’s, funded by the Ministry of Defence it was used to send/share information from computer to another computer using the telephone lines. From this it has exploded into the widest used entertainment, information, research and communication resources service there is to date.
The Internet is one of the youngest and fastest growing media in today's world. Internet growth is still accelerating, which indicates that the Internet has not yet reached its highest expansion period . It should be noted, however, that while the Internet is a completely new kind of medium, by separating it into a distinct category, we are allowing for a certain amount of double counting, because all the Internet-based stock of information is already accounted for under "magnetic" or "tape" categories. Furthermore, we should make clear the distinction between the stock and the flow of information. While web sites and some portion of email messages are being stored and accounted for under different storage categories, there are other "components" of what we know as "Internet," such as Internet Relay Chat (IRC) or Telnet, which exist only as a flow of communication. What makes the Internet extremely successful is that it is one of a handful of media (such as radio and TV), where one unit of storage might generate terabytes of flow, as opposed to books and newspapers, where one exemplar is usually read by one or two people, and the flow of information is relatively low
No comments:
Post a Comment