National Internet Day 2022
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The internet has it's origins in Arpanet — which even predates me in the field. The lifespan of The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network was from 1969 til 1990. I entered the computer field in 1973. It was the first wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control and one of the first networks to implement the now ubiquitous TCP/IP protocol stack.
This precursor was the beginnings of what became the technical foundation of the Internet.
The internet is a global network of computers and communications gear which provide information and communications between networks internationally using standardized communication protocols which acts as a set of standards by which disparate networks may communicate and therefore interoperate with each other.
A common denominator crossing international boundaries between systems if you will.
The topology of the internet has evolved traversing copper, wireless, fiberoptic, and satellite media operations and who knows what quantum modality may find it's way to mainstream use in the future.
So while some surf using a cell phone I prefer a full node with multiple addresses, a functional server cluster, and several multihomed workstations and printers in the mix. Though I did occasionally over the years utilize a cell phone for internet access ... that was then and this is now. Cell phone internet access just offends my sensibilities.
I like a fairly late generation processor in the I7 or later family, a large set of dual monitors and a strong backlit mechanical keyboard at my disposal.
Actually, I have considered blocking my resources from cell phones altogether but that didn't go over too well with some of my cohorts.
After going through all the trouble to implement a mobile site I continue to have contempt for cell phone web surfing which I consider to be the domain of juveniles and other low tech individuals. However, to each their own.
Happy National Internet Day to you regardless.