History of the web

During the human generation, technology has been improving so much in our time that we barely understand it anymore. We deal with the new outcomes around us. The internet and World Wide Web have been since the beginning and are still with us, but what are the differences between them? From a different perspective, people would believe there are the exact definition, just different terms to identify them based on the people. How about the connection of Lamarr towards Wi-Fi and Bluetooth? Nevertheless, who and when created them? Why their design and name are like that than something else different? We will solve those questions in a few moments, ready to be informed. 

            The internet is defined as stated, “the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP)[b] to communicate between networks and devices” (Wikipedia contributors). The internet contains many networks that can be private, public, academic, business and government webs global while connected to different network technologies in electronic, wireless, and optical. The works of many scientists, engineers, and programmers created the internet on Jan. 1, 1983. However, others have given this credit to computer scientists Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahan since they developed the internet communication protocols that set standards for data transmission between multiple networks in the 1970s. According to an article, in the late 1960s, the internet prototype was made. It took a longer path to succeed in existing from their technology. As quoted, “Technology advanced into the 1970s with the work of two scientists, Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf, who developed a “communications model,” standardizing how data transmitted in multiple networks. ARPANET adopted this on Jan. 1, 1983, and the “modern” internet was born” (McLean). Although the internet was for military purposes, mainly as a government weapon during the Cold War, it was used for communication to help them not be disrupted by bombs or enemy spies within the military and university computers. However, it expanded into different purposes of internet use in their time. As stated, “The internet started in the United States more than 50 years ago as a government weapon in the Cold War. For years, scientists and researchers used it to communicate and share data” (History.com Editors). The internet has been expanding more in our generation until today. People can use the internet to gather information sources everywhere globally, send instant messages, and post stuff on social media platforms.              Now, let us discuss the World Wide Web. The term is defined as quoted,” an information system enabling documents and other web resources accessed over the Internet” (Wikipedia contributors, “World Wide Web”). The World Wide Web contains all the public websites or pages that help users to be able to access various resources and documents on the internet. It noted that a British scientist named Tim Berners-lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 when he was still with CERN, a European organization for nuclear research. Berners created the World Wide Web for a specific purpose as stated, “To meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world (“The Birth of the Web | CERN”). However, the World Wide Web used originally “to merge the evolving technologies of computers, data networks, and hypertext into a powerful and easy to use global information system (“A Short History of the Web”). Even though the World Wide Web is used differently in the present, it has become the world’s dominant software platform for linking people from all over to get information, share, and communicate, especially if they want to focus on unique content. 
        Furthermore, the internet and the World Wide Web are different in their definition, but they both work together. Ideally, they need each other to function altogether. The internet is the network that connects to electronics/devices. While the World Wide Web works on websites when users are collecting information or sharing globally with others. They had good combinations since the beginning of the first website on Aug. 6, 1991. CERN can still access it at http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html.  

 

 

A woman named Hedy Lamarr was a genius who affected the future but was more unappreciated than her looks in her timeline. She was Austrian-born American film actress and inventor born in Vienna in 1914, but her natural was Hedwig Kiesler. Herdy emigrated in 1937 and received an opportunity from a film producer called Louise B. Mayer that helped her to become one of the greatest movie actresses of her time. However, Herdy was passionate about science and invention. Howard Hughes helped Lamarr with resources that she tested experiments with technology in her trailer. However, one of Herdy’s ideas became outstanding as quoted, “One such idea would prove to be a game changer in terms of wireless communication: it would pave the way for the foundation for today’s mobile phones, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and of course GPS” (“Women in Technology: Hedy Lamarr, the Mother of Wi-Fi”). In other words. Hardy’s idea with an American composer George Antheil developed “Frequency hoping” that manipulates between radio frequencies to avoid a signal jammed, which helped to create new inventions named Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. There is a unique fact about her: Johnny Deep and Jeff Beck sang “This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamarr.” Based on the song honoring Herdy Lamarr, it can tell that she was primarily known as an actress from look than an inventor, and he shares similar reflections as quoted, “Here, Depp pays homage to the actress/inventor. He reflects on Lamarr’s tragic last decades in her Florida home. Its release came just days after the conclusion of The Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard trial, where Depp successfully sued his former wife for defamation. The timing surely is not coincidental, as the song’s concept ties in with what Depp underwent in the courtroom. There are parallels between Lamarr isolating herself from the masses and the airing of Depp’s dirty linen in public” (Songfacts).

 

          Moreover, the Swedish telecommunication Company Ericsson invented Bluetooth in the mid-1990s. However, Japp Haartsen developed Bluetooth technology in the mobile phone division. Jim Kardach was the one who officially suggested the name “Bluetooth.” Bluetooth originally translated a surname called “Blatant” as a nickname for King Harald Gormsson, who once ruled Denmark and Norway. The logo of Bluetooth looks the way it does because it represents King Harold’s initials combined with the Danish runes (Hagall) (ᚼ) and (Bjarken) (ᛒ), which states, “The name “Bluetooth” is an anglicized translation of Danish King Harald Blåtand’s surname. During the 10th century, the second King of Denmark was famous in Scandinavian lore for uniting Denmark and Norway. In creating the Bluetooth standard, the inventors felt that they were, in effect, doing something similar in uniting the PC and cellular industries. Thus the name stuck. The logo is a Viking inscription, known as a bind rune, that merges the king’s two initials” (“Who Invented Bluetooth?”). 

            An Australian engineer named Dr. John O’Sullivan led a team of inventors of Wi-Fi technology that developed Wi-Fi in the 1970s. Wi-Fi originally stands for “Wireless Fidelity,” but it took a long process to come up with the name that Wi-Fi, which it commercially used in August 1999. The name chooses from a list of ten names that Interbrand proposed after being hired. However, others used different slogans, as stated, “The Wi-Fi Alliance had hired Interbrand to create a name that was “a little catchier than ‘IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence’.” [25][26] According to Phil Belanger, a founding member of the Wi-Fi Alliance, the term Wi-Fi chooses from a list of ten names that Interbrand proposed.[25] The Wi-Fi Alliance used the advertising slogan “The Standard for Wireless Fidelity” for a short time after the brand was named [25][27][28], and the Wi-Fi Alliance was also called the “Wireless Fidelity Alliance Inc” in some publications.[29] The name is Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi, or Wi-Fi, but the Wi-Fi Alliance does not approve these. IEEE is a separate but related organization, and its website has stated, “Wi-Fi is a short name for Wireless Fidelity” (Wikipedia contributors, “Wi-Fi”). Overall, it is important to be always informed about the technology around our generations, even if it is just moving without us, they never know what they might learn. 

Work Cited 

“The Birth of the Web | CERN.” CERN, 14 July 2022, home.cern/science/computing/birth-web.

History.com Editors. “The Invention of the Internet.” HISTORY, 28 Oct. 2019, www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-internet.

McLean, Caitlin Usa Today. “When Was the Internet Invented? What to Know about the Creators of It and More.” USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2022, eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2022/08/28/when-was-internet-created-who-invented-it/10268999002.

“A Short History of the Web.” CERN, 14 July 2022, home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/short-history-web.

Songfacts. “This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamarr by Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp.” Songfacts, www.songfacts.com/facts/jeff-beck-johnny-depp/this-is-a-song-for-miss-hedy-lamarr. Accessed 4 Sept. 2022.

“Who Invented Bluetooth?” ThoughtCo, 13 Feb. 2021, www.thoughtco.com/who-invented-bluetooth-4038864.

Wikipedia contributors. “Internet.” Wikipedia, 1 Sept. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet.

---. “Wi-Fi.” Wikipedia, 2 Sept. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi.

---. “World Wide Web.” Wikipedia, 1 Sept. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web.

“Women in Technology: Hedy Lamarr, the Mother of Wi-Fi.” Thales Group, 7 Mar. 2022, www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide/digital-identity-and-security/magazine/women-technology-hedy-lamarr-mother-wi-fi.