2007-03-28 13:23:16 · 15 answers · asked by Ejsenstejn 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Depends on what you mean. if you mean computer networking, that was developed by the US military and NASA. ARAPANET, as it was called.
However, Al Gore led the white house committee to explore possible future options, and he was a major influence in getting it released to commercial groups and the public. In effect, he did invent the Internet.
Al Gore did in effect claim to have invented the Internet in the first presidential debate.
2007-03-28 15:15:29 · answer #1 · answered by The Big Box 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The internet was originally ARAPANET, which stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The purpose was to ensure military communications would continue in the event of a nuclear war. The focus then shifted to academic purposes, and eventually it grew into the Internet we know today.
And contrary to popular belief, Al Gore never claimed to have invented the Internet.
2007-03-28 20:30:41 · answer #2 · answered by William S 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Al Gore helped create the internet.
The Government built ARPAnet and Al Gore privatized it, creating the Internet.
2007-03-28 20:28:11 · answer #3 · answered by dharma_bum48326 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
some kids invented the internet. they were trying to find a way to play a game on another computer and somehow came up with it
2007-03-28 20:27:48 · answer #4 · answered by Volcom57 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It was originally a project of the U.S. military. The world wide web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee and others at CERN.
2007-03-28 20:27:27 · answer #5 · answered by Chay D 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Some dudes over at Darpa. I think Gore had an important role in getting it established and widely used.
2007-03-28 20:27:46 · answer #6 · answered by edcyhn 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Albert Einstein Gore.
BUT, in reality it was created by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
2007-03-28 20:28:51 · answer #7 · answered by Bubba 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
D.O.D. SCIENTISTS and engineers...AND Al Gore never made that claim...are you people retarded?..why do so many of you keep saying that?...show me a reliable source where he took the entire credit.
2007-03-28 20:28:49 · answer #8 · answered by dstr 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
creepily enough (i know it's not a word) the T1 network started out as a military thing.
2007-03-28 20:28:01 · answer #9 · answered by imajiknation 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Al Gore of course, he also invented global warming.
2007-03-28 20:27:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋