The Internet

The Internet was originally the U.S. government's ARPANET. It was originally designed to be a redundant communication network in case of a nuclear attack. But ARPANET became public in the mid 90’s and became the Internet. The Internet went from the U.S. government to being used by colleges and universities to becoming public. It’s hard to believe how the Internet has become an everyday power in our lives today. What was it like before there was the Internet? Well, everyone got the news through newspapers, coupons were cut out of the Sunday newspaper, and dating was on the phone.

The Internet has evolved to become a part of our everyday life. It’s kind of hard to think of life without the Internet. How would our team communicate and create a blog if it weren’t for the Internet. The Internet is now a large network consisting of many networks of computers worldwide. Who would have thought all of this would be possible back in the early 90’s? Probably not a lot of people would have thought the Internet would get as big as it is today.

The Internet is definitely a great invention. Today most people can’t live without the Internet. In the past year, we probably have been online almost every day. We study, we shop, we work, and we do online gaming on the Internet. We may even contact friends and families on the Internet. It reminds one of us of about 10 years ago. The Internet is still not popular in China. However, families in China have access to the Internet and it is used to browse some news. It’s amazing but I didn’t realize that in ten years it has completely changed my life. At that time, the only reason I loved the Internet was because I could find some funny games on it. As time passed, I became more familiar with the function of the Internet. I learned to use QQ (social networking software which is very popular in China), I play WOW and also use the Internet to study and shop. After I came to the U.S., I found that the Internet has been used much more broad than China. Some University in China does not even provide Internet access for students. There is a big difference between China and the U.S. In short, the changes in this decade really surprised me.

The Internet has brought us great convenience. However, there are still some points we should concern. At first, all of us want the speed to be faster and faster. It means the computer should get more larger packages during the same time. Moreover, more ities are required by the users. Internet should be more usable, reliable, flexible, secure and mobile. In my opinion, it is the way that the Internet goes. When I was in elementary school, few of students had a computer at home. Even some students had a computer at home, few of them use Internet because of the low speed and high cost. My father bought a computer when I was in Grade 3 in elementary. Though we could get to the Internet but it’s dial-up. You couldn’t see the full web page until over 1 minutes after you open the web page. Nevertheless, we thought it was very interesting to get online and chat with people even thousands of miles away. Things have changed now. We can buy things online, which means the Internet becomes more secure and usable. We use different devices to get to the Internet and do different things, which means the Internet becomes more mobile and flexible to use. Finally, most of us use the Internet everyday to send e-mails, do homework, video-chat with families, which means the Internet becomes more reliable, just like a friend and a perfect assistant. After consider these changes I’ve been through, I have fully confidence in the Internet developing in the future. It will be more reliable and flexible, and it should be.