So, I’ve been told today is World Internet Day.
I have to say, my reaction was along the lines of…"There really is such a thing? Who knew!"
Well, in honor of this illustrious day here are some factoids for you that are, um, pretty much meaningless.
The internet began in…ah, no one knows for sure. There’s the theory that it all started way back in 1969 as a network by the pentagon but no one, not historians, not the pentagon and not Al Gore agree on that so the only thing everyone seems to agree on is the fact that it did NOT begin in 1969.
The term "internet" was coined in 1996. So, no matter who created it and when, the phrase became commonplace in the late 90’s.
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet), says the Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching, using standard Internet Protocol.
Internet World Statistics reports that as of September 30, 2007, 1.244 billion people were using the Internet. WOW!
Now, here are some interesting links if you want to know more. They are in no particular order.
- Alexa – check out the most poplular sites by country.
- Netfactual – “just the facts mam”…
- Internet Society - history of the internet
- Internet Traffic Report – monitoring the flow of data around the world
