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Speak English Now Podcast: Learn English | Speak English without grammar.

#269 The Story of the Internet

Speak English Now Podcast: Learn English | Speak English without grammar.

Georgiana

Education, Language Learning

4.6536 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Today, I will talk about the Internet's fantastic journey – how it changed from big machines to the online world we know today.

Imagine going back to the 1960s, a time of cool space adventures and bright colors. Back then, computers weren't small like today. They were as big as rooms! Like friendly elephants waiting for special instructions. But guess what? These big computers couldn't talk to each other.

Now, let's jump ahead to the 1990s. Think of slow dial-up Internet. That's when the World Wide Web appeared. Imagine a huge library with doors open to different places when you click. But, you had to wait because pages loaded slowly, like a snail.

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0:00.0

Today I will talk about the Internet's fantastic journey, how it changed from big machines

0:09.6

to the online world we know today. Imagine going back to the 1960s, a time of cool space

0:19.1

adventures and bright colors.

0:22.6

Back then, computers weren't small like today.

0:26.6

They were as big as rooms,

0:29.6

like friendly elephants, waiting for special instructions.

0:34.6

But guess what? These big computers couldn't talk to each other.

0:43.8

However, scientists and researchers wanted computers to talk. They dreamt of connecting these big

0:53.1

computers, making a web, linking people everywhere. That's how the Internet started. They made a special language, using ones and zeros, so that computers could share information even if they were far apart.

1:14.1

Now let's jump ahead to the 1990s.

1:18.9

Think of slow dial-up Internet.

1:22.9

That's when the World Wide Web appeared.

1:27.2

Imagine a huge library with doors open to different places. when the World Wide Web appeared.

1:32.8

Imagine a huge library with doors open to different places when you click.

1:41.2

But you had to wait because pages loaded slowly, like a snail.

1:46.1

I remember that you've got male sound and the funny noise

1:47.9

when connecting to the internet.

1:51.5

The internet had two sides.

1:54.9

Sometimes it was super cool

1:57.0

and other times it got in a way of using the phone.

2:02.9

Today, the Internet is a big part of our lives.

2:07.3

You can shop, talk to friends worldwide, and learn things without leaving your house.

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