The Internet: past, present and future.
Publication/Presentation Date
2-1-2000
Abstract
Although the Worldwide Web has just blossomed this past decade, the origins of the Internet date to the late 1950s and Cold War concerns. The technological underpinning of the Internet rests with the concept of packet switching of data over dispersed routes of electronic intercommunication. Grounded in applications for the national defense, and nurtured in the domains of science within academia, the Internet of the masses has exploded with the addition of strong commercial interest and potential. Electronic mail is still the predominant application of the Internet, and the ease of widespread and near simultaneous dissemination of such communication has led to the genesis of listservers, especially appropriate as well as predominant in Medicine. One such list for pediatric surgeons is Pedsurg-L. There is an impressive evolving etiquette for those contributing to such lists. Initiatives are already well developed with public and private partnerships for the future of the Internet.
Volume
9
Issue
1
First Page
6
Last Page
10
ISSN
1055-8586
Published In/Presented At
Whalen T. V. (2000). The Internet: past, present and future. Seminars in pediatric surgery, 9(1), 6–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1055-8586(00)70002-3
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
10688380
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article