Internet Protocol (IP): A set of rules that govern how data is sent and received over the internet. Invented by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, it enables different devices to communicate seamlessly.
World Wide Web (Web): A system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the internet, created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991 to explain and share information globally.
Internet Revolution: The rapid development and expansion of the internet from a military and research tool in the 1970s-1980s to a global communication and information platform by the 2000s.
Data Flow Growth: The increase in the percentage of global information transmitted via the internet, from 1% in 1993 to 97% in 2007, indicating the internet's central role in information exchange.
Digital Divide: The gap between those with reliable internet access and those without, often due to economic, geographic, or political reasons, affecting global connectivity.
1. What is the Internet Protocol (IP) primarily defined as?
2. Who were the inventors of the Internet Protocol (IP), responsible for enabling device communication over the internet?
3. In what year did the Cold War officially end with the dissolution of the Soviet Union?
Internet Protocol — definition?
Rules governing data transfer over the internet.
Internet Protocol — definition?
Rules governing data exchange over the internet.
Cold War end — year?
1991, with Soviet Union's dissolution.
World Wide Web — creator?
Tim Berners-Lee in 1991.
Post-Cold War politics — focus?
U.S. unipolarity, cultural conflicts, Internet impact.
Internet Revolution — timing?
1970s-2000s, from military tool to global platform.
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