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IIMB Management Review

Document Type

Discussions (Round Table)

Abstract

During the 70s, computer communication technology was transformed by desktop computing and distributed capacity. Networks
based on the TCP/IP protocol (transmission control protocol and Internet protocol) started communicating with one another.
Internet control message protocol, a mechanism to transfer control messages between nodes, was developed to manage ARPANET (the US government's advanced research project networks). ARPANET started in 1969 and developed into the Internet in 1984 with the advent of UNIX and client/ server architecture. Data was transferred between networks in packet form through  switches, routers, bridges, and gateways. From defence, the Internet found its application in educational institutions. Usenet groups became popular where the sharing of information took place on the net. The creation of Browser and HTML gave birth to graphics and ultimately resulted in the formation of the World Wide Web. With currently over 250 million users all over the world and more than a billion on web pages on the Internet, this new medium of communication and interaction is transforming and
redefining the social and economic boundaries of the world.

Publication Date

9-1-2000

First Page

78

Last Page

84

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