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the main function of the internet is also to allow devices connected to nodes
located globally to communicate as if there was no distance between them, and to
allow continuous communication even with the ambiguous removal of any node in
the system. the internet started as ARPAnet by the military, using technology
developed by CERN research scientists to share research. The idea was to set up a
web of a network, in order to keep the united states’ main military bases / major
cities channels of communication open in the event of a foreign attack that could
potentially destroy an entire city. Before ARPAnet, if the russians or another entity
attacked a major city along the main telegraph transmission lines, it would have
disabled the communication of the entire country until the lines could be
reconnected. the military realized the vulnerability, and a web or net-work of
connections was built to stabilize connections, even if a large chunk of the network
is suddenly removed.
The purpose of the Internet has always been to share and distribute information via
networked computers.
The Internet is therefore a unique and wholly new medium of world-wide human
communication.