*NSF and the Birth of the Internet [Macromedia Flash Player]

http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/nsf-net/

The birth of the Internet is the subject of this utterly engaging and
well-thought out special report created by the National Science
Foundation. After a brief introduction, visitors can browse through a
multimedia site that includes video clips of early pioneers talking
about their work on thisendeavor, along with maps of Internet growth
from the 1960s to the 1990s anddocuments such as the Lax Report.

Interestingly enough the Lax Report,issued in 1982, was influential in
the creation of the National Science Foundation's supercomputing
centers. The materials are divided up by decade (1960s through the
2000s) and visitors can click on each section to learn about the
advances and challenges faced by persons working in this field. Along
the way, a small section in the bottom right-hand corner of the site
keeps a running total of the baud rate and the Internet users in each
decade. Of course, visitors will not want to miss the section dedicated
to Mosaic, which was the browser developed at the National Center for
Supercomputing Applications in the early 1990s. [KMG]

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From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2008.
http://scout.wisc.edu/

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