What is the history of the Internet?
1980's
Several significant events occurred in 1983, including:
- The TCP/IP suite of networking protocols, or rules, becomes the only set of protocols
used on the ARPANET. This decision sets a standard for other networks, and generates the
use of the term "Internet" as the network of networks which either use the
TCP/IP protocols or are able to interact with TCP/IP networks.
- To keep military and non-military network sites separate, the ARPANET splits into two
networks: ARPANET and MILNET.
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