The Conversation

What exactly is the internet? A computer scientist explains what it is and how it came to be

Fred Martin receives funding from the National Science Foundation and Google. The internet is a global collection of computers that know how to send messages to one another. Practically everything ...
Ars Technica

An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

In a very real sense, the Internet, this marvelous worldwide digital communications network that you’re using right now, was created because one man was annoyed at having too many computer terminals ...
TechRepublic

Network Definition Made Simple: Here’s the Basics

Spoiler: there isn’t just one network definition. Learn everything you need to assess various network types, topologies, and architectures. The simple network definition: a system that links other ...
The Conversation

How Britain got its first internet connection – by the late pioneer who made it happen

University College London provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. British computer scientist and Internet Hall of Fame inductee Peter Kirstein died in January 2020 at the age of ...
Nature

Network Engineering

Network engineering is the discipline concerned with the design, implementation, management and optimisation of computer networks. It encompasses fundamental theories—such as the Open Systems ...