Networking
Networking Gregory Richard ABSTRACT This research is an explanation of how modernized technologies piloted an advancement called computer networking. Networking, or more specifically, computer networking can comprise one to millions of people, organizations, companies, and computers that work together to complete a desired task. This study encase how networks are formed, used, and are operated. KEYWORDS Networking, TCP, IP, Protocols, Internet INTRODUCTION What is a network? A network is a group of computers linked together and working together. “In the mid-1970s, the capability for one computer to exchange data with another computer using telephone lines was established. The United States Department of Defense created ARPANET, a network of mainframe computers located at various universities that allowed the sharing of information and data processing between members of the Advanced Research Projects Agency. In the following decade, a number of networks came into being: the ARPANET hived off CSNET, MILNET, and NSFnet, and this collectivity became known as the ARPA Internet; universities not wishing to be involved in defense research formed BITNET (initially using the technology of VNET, which IBM set up to link its world-wide operations); UUCP protocols allowed computers with UNIX operating systems to hook up to one another, allowing for the creation of USENET, the first computer conferencing network; and when personal computers hit the market in the early 1980s, it wasn't long before FidoNet was allowing local Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs) to communicate with one another across several continents [4].” GROWTH IN THE INTERNET What is the Internet?