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| ==== The Internet in 1997 ==== | ==== The Internet in 1997 ==== | ||
| - | {{ ::keyboard_surfing_the_internet2-406x450_2_.jpg?nolink&300|{{ :keyboard_surfing_the_internet2-406x450_2_.jpg?nolink&300| A group of cool kids surfing the internet on their trusty keyboards}} | + | {{ ::keyboard_surfing_the_internet2-406x450_2_.jpg?nolink&300| A group of cool kids surfing the World Wide Web on their trusty keyboards}} |
| Right now, in the year 2019, there are nearly 2 billion websites currently on the world wide web. Out of those, maybe 1% are actually active. In 1997, there were about 150,000. The most popular internet browser was **Netscape Navigator**, followed by **Internet Explorer** (a new piece of software that hadn’t yet picked up momentum). The fastest modems available in ‘97 provided a whopping 56 kilobytes per second of internet, and the largest computer monitors available were about 800x600. Dial-up internet was still the norm, which used the phone lines to establish a connection to the ISP. Although you couldn’t use the phone while connected and the connection was slow, the sound of a dial-up modem connecting became a cultural touchstone. | Right now, in the year 2019, there are nearly 2 billion websites currently on the world wide web. Out of those, maybe 1% are actually active. In 1997, there were about 150,000. The most popular internet browser was **Netscape Navigator**, followed by **Internet Explorer** (a new piece of software that hadn’t yet picked up momentum). The fastest modems available in ‘97 provided a whopping 56 kilobytes per second of internet, and the largest computer monitors available were about 800x600. Dial-up internet was still the norm, which used the phone lines to establish a connection to the ISP. Although you couldn’t use the phone while connected and the connection was slow, the sound of a dial-up modem connecting became a cultural touchstone. | ||
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