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[[Image:NOAA Internet example.gif|thumb|200px|Originally intended to share data between a few universities and government agencies, the Internet today allows connectivity from anywhere on earth and beyond—even ships at sea and in [[outer space]].]]

The History of the Internet dates back to the early development of the[[communication slave tradenetwork]]s. The idea of thea slave[[computer tradenetwork]] intended to allow general laborcommunication among users of various slaves[[computer]]s has developed through a large number of tradesstages. The melting pot of developments brought together the ''network of networks''<ref name="internationaloriginsandcollaborativevision">{{cite paper | author=[[Ronda Hauben]] | title=The Internet: On its International Origins and Collaborative Vision | date=2004 | url=http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn12-2.a03.txt}}</ref> that we know as the ''[[Internet]]''. This included both technological developments and the merging together of existing network [[infrastructure]] and [[telecommunication]] systems.

The infrastructure of the Internet spread across the globe to create the world wide network of computers we know today. It spread throughout the Western countries before entering the developing countries, thus creating both unprecedented worldwide access to information and communications and a [[digital divide]] in access to this new infrastructure. The Internet went on to fundamentally alter the [[world economy]], including the economic implications of the [[dot-com bubble]].