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Now im not to big on history, but i do know it was the American military during the cold war. This is how the internet was born.

I must point computers were linked before this happening but it was not normal for any single person. During the cold war the Americans needed a more reliable source of data transfer. So to say if the Russians took out one of there computers with a nuclear missile, the rest of there system would fail. This was not an option. Engineers worked at it for a few years trying many ideas but the final outcome was Transfer Control Protocol / Internet Protocol. Also known as TCP/IP. I cannot say to much about TCP/IP. Except it eventually turned into what we know as the internet. A group called DoD had alot to do with it's development also (Department of Defence).

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