Internet protocol suite
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The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is a framework for organizing the communication protocols used in the Internet and similar computer networks according to functional criteria. Th
An SRI International Packet Radio Van, used for the first three-way internetworked transmission
Diagram of the first internetworked connection. On a rainy Tuesday, November 22, 1977, data flowed from the van to SRI in Menlo Park and the University of Southern California via England, Boston, and Sweden across three types of networks: packet radio, the satellite network, and the ARPANET.
Protocol Wars
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The Protocol Wars were a long-running debate in computer science that occurred from the 1970s to the 1990s, when engineers, organizations and nations became polarized over the issue of which communica
The first demonstration of the Internet, linking DARPA's three networks (the ARPANET, SATNET, and PRNET), which took place in July 1977
A cartoon sketched in 1988 by François Flückiger illustrated that "some people foresaw a division between world technologies: Internet in the United States, OSI in Europe. In this model, the two sides would have communicated via gateways."
Vint Cerf emphasized the goal of running "IP on everything", notably with a T-shirt he wore while presenting to the 1992 IETF meeting.