2006-08-18 08:56:32 · 22 answers · asked by laylaylana 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
no he did not create the INTERNET !....
The Internet was the result of some visionary thinking by people in the early 1960s who saw great potential value in allowing computers to share information on research and development in scientific and military fields. J.C.R. Licklider of MIT, first proposed a global network of computers in 1962, and moved over to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in late 1962 to head the work to develop it. Leonard Kleinrock of MIT and later UCLA developed the theory of packet switching, which was to form the basis of Internet connections. Lawrence Roberts of MIT connected a Massachusetts computer with a California computer in 1965 over dial-up telephone lines. It showed the feasibility of wide area networking, but also showed that the telephone line's circuit switching was inadequate. Kleinrock's packet switching theory was confirmed. Roberts moved over to DARPA in 1966 and developed his plan for ARPANET. These visionaries and many more left unnamed here are the real founders of the Internet.
2006-08-18 09:05:10 · answer #1 · answered by dimitrix_dmx 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. The internet (or "ARPANET", as it was called then) went live on October 29, 1969. Though Bill Gates was foolling around with computers even back then (at the tender age of 14), he had nothing to do with networks until long after the inception of Microsoft.
2006-08-18 09:08:12 · answer #2 · answered by Capt. Swayworn 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, Bill Gates created the company Microsoft, which is the world's largest company. Bill Gates is the richest persion in the world though.
2006-08-18 09:02:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Bill Gates invented QDOS and subsequently enabled the creation of affordable PCs. The rest is history.
2006-08-18 09:34:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
The way I understood it was that someone decided that there was a way to connect the various buildings in his business by computer... so that files did not have to be sent by hand and that everyone in the network to access the same files through a wire connection to one server. It was more of an intranet system in the beginning. I don't know exactly how they decided to make it available to everyone with a modem and computer... here is some information:
http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml#Origins
2006-08-18 09:32:27 · answer #5 · answered by Stephanie S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it was created by the Military for communication between ops long before Gates invented the PC - he just wrote software for us to use it.
2006-08-18 09:01:50 · answer #6 · answered by Alexis Laohide 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the internet was first used by the military to share information residing on different computers, it was very basic and not like today's nice web pages, mostly text.
2006-08-18 09:02:48 · answer #7 · answered by Jon 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. DARPA created the internet. bill gates did not create anything. he bought software from other people and sold it as his own.
2006-08-18 09:03:24 · answer #8 · answered by Stand-up Philosopher 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it was the Department of Defense that created ARPAnet, which was the forerunner of today's internet.
2006-08-18 09:05:46 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, he thought it was a waste of time. Public opinion swayed him to make Microsoft incorporate it in windows though. It's a money thing.
2006-08-18 09:02:50 · answer #10 · answered by dragoondf 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋