Transmission Control Protocol And Internet Protocol

The Internet is a growing phenomenon, which has revolutionized the world. In a nutshell, it is a system of interconnected computer networks using a model set of protocols known as TCP/IP. These are, Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol respectively. Their function is to regulate the transmission and reception of data over this complex network that links billions of gadgets today (Wikipedia, 2016). In an article in Forbes Magazine, contributor Jacob Morgan reports of a finding by a research firm Gartner that about 26 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020. Everything is connected to the Internet now, including people and plants. This has led to the coining of a phrase, the Internet of Things. Morgan writes,†¦show more content†¦Nowadays, play for many children is on virtual reality mostly, on video games most of which are connected to the Internet. According to a statistics gathered by the group Statista, a little over 80% individuals used th e Internet in the developed world in 2015 (Statista, 2016). Never in the history of mankind has there been a movement that has swept across the world like wildfire the way the Internet has. The advent of the World Wide Web unleashed a spate of innovations closely related to the Internet that made available, endless possibilities to people everywhere. Sir Tim Brenner invented it, in 1989 (History of the web, webfoundation.org, 2016) and in order to grow this innovation of the web, Brenner did not retain the rights to the technology because he believed that, â€Å"Had the technology been proprietary, and in my total control, it would probably not have taken off. You can’t propose that something be a universal space and at the same time keep control of it.†( History of the web, webfoundation.org, 2016). The web, commonly known as the Internet has resulted in many various ways in which life has been made far better than any period in the history of mankind. It has reduced the vastness of the globe, the universe among other things. P eople are able today, because of the web, to exchange ideas with others in all parts of the globe through social media.