Many reliable sources have reported that the Internet was built because the U.S. military wanted a computer network that would survive nuclear attack. Bob Taylor, father of the ARPANET, refutes this myth in the book Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Hafner and Lyon (Touchstone Books, 1998). A good introduction to the Internet is the PBS site Understanding and Using the Internet at www.pbs.org/uti/welcome.html. It provides links to resources such as "A Beginner's Guide to the Internet," a quiz on understanding and using the Internet, and videos such as "Understanding the Internet" (PBS Home Video, 1996). Several of the people involved in the initial development and evolution of the Internet have written "A Brief History of the Internet" at www.isoc.org/internet-history. You can visit sites, such as www.geocities.com/~anderberg/ant/history or www.davesite.com/webstation/net-history.shtml, for timelines outlining the history of the Internet. Interactive timelines outlining the history of the Internet can also be found at sites such as www.pbs.org/internet/timeline. You'll find an on-going discussion of Internet history at the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility's Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace at memex.org/community-memory.html.
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