Whats the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web?
The Internet has become so ubiquitous it’s hard to imagine life without it. It’s equally hard to imagine a world where “www” isn’t the prefix of many of our online activities. But just because the Internet and the World Wide Web are firmly intertwined with each other, it doesn’t mean they’re synonymous. Let’s go back to when it all began. President Dwight D. Eisenhower started the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in 1958 to increase U.S. technological advancements in the shadow of Sputnik‘s launch. By October 29, 1969, the first ARPANET network connection between two computers was launched — and promptly crashed. But happily, the second time around was much more successful and the Internet was born. More and more computers were added to this ever-increasing network and the megalith we know
