The Internet

More than 4.5 billion people around the world now use the Internet. You turn on a computer, type in a few words, and you’re connected to the Internet. You can listen to the Internet radio and play music files stored on your computer. You can also send email letters to friends. — choose for gap 1 —1. Computers were added quickly to the network during the following years2. At the time, computers were far from what we know them as today3. That’s because it was too difficult to use4. Don’t forget that PCs were still a way off at this point5. Did you ever wonder how and when the Internet got started6. It helped make the Internet easier to use7. Different organizations were connected to different networks8. That way, the computers could share information Believe it or not, it all began in the United States more than 50 years ago as the government wanted to link some of its computers together. — choose for gap 2 —1. Computers were added quickly to the network during the following years2. At the time, computers were far from what we know them as today3. That’s because it was too difficult to use4. Don’t forget that PCs were still a way off at this point5. Did you ever wonder how and when the Internet got started6. It helped make the Internet easier to use7. Different organizations were connected to different networks8. That way, the computers could share information Someone on one computer could get information from another. Finally, in 1969 four computers were linked together to form the ARPANET, the very beginnings of the Internet. — choose for gap 3 —1. Computers were added quickly to the network during the following years2. At the time, computers were far from what we know them as today3. That’s because it was too difficult to use4. Don’t forget that PCs were still a way off at this point5. Did you ever wonder how and when the Internet got started6. It helped make the Internet easier to use7. Different organizations were connected to different networks8. That way, the computers could share information Scientists joined in. So did businesses and colleges. Still, home computers weren’t part of the Internet yet. — choose for gap 4 —1. Computers were added quickly to the network during the following years2. At the time, computers were far from what we know them as today3. That’s because it was too difficult to use4. Don’t forget that PCs were still a way off at this point5. Did you ever wonder how and when the Internet got started6. It helped make the Internet easier to use7. Different organizations were connected to different networks8. That way, the computers could share information People had to type in complicated commands, and they weren’t the same for all computers. In 1991, the World Wide Web (WWW) was born. — choose for gap 5 —1. Computers were added quickly to the network during the following years2. At the time, computers were far from what we know them as today3. That’s because it was too difficult to use4. Don’t forget that PCs were still a way off at this point5. Did you ever wonder how and when the Internet got started6. It helped make the Internet easier to use7. Different organizations were connected to different networks8. That way, the computers could share information In 1992, a new computer program was invented. The new program allowed people to click on images and words. Then almost anyone could use the Internet.