Today in class, we reviewed the development of the internet from ARPANET as well as many of the different protocols and processes, such as package switching, which when combined led to the creation of the modern internet as we know it. As well as many of the programs and revolutionary design changes, such as graphical user interface (GUI), Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) developed at CERN, the  which had a substantial impact on the development of both modern computers and the internet.

On thing I found interesting in particular was the previous operation of computers through the method of punch cards and the sheer amount of material required to create individual lines of program. One fact that I also found perplexing was the creation of the GUI as an alternative to the Command style of user interface which requires users to put in single lines of code to achieve their goals. Essentially,  the takeaway from this class was that the combination of the GUI, the expansion of ARPANET across the US, and the creation of protocols such as HTTP, all lead to the creation of what we know today as the “Internet”