Internet expands to Europe | CERN Network | Techday, March 16th
The early version of the CERN network, based on the TCP/IP model, had largely operated as an extended European intranet prior to 1989. On this TECHDAY in history, on March 16th 1990, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced its intention to extend its network with a high-speed data link to Europe. At the time, the US national backbone network, NSFNET, which linked five supercomputer centers in the United States, had 56 kbps nodes and was expanding with the 13-node T1 network to 1.5 Mbps.
Later in 1990, European scientists were hard at work perfecting a way for people from all over the world to connect. CERN’s Tim Berners-Lee was one of them and created HTML, which made it easy for people to use on their desktops.
Overall, the CERN network plays a vital role in the organization’s research activities, enabling scientists to quickly and efficiently share data and collaborate on projects.
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