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The global internet revolution was always considered to be an outcome of perpetual innovations. From Web1 to Web3, the way web and computer systems have evolved in the last two decades has set an unprecedented example of changing functionalities, communication protocols, interactivity, and user experience. There was a time when people were staring at a few static pages on a computer screen, and now they are having a real-life experience with a VR headset entering a Metaverse to shop for their favorite NFTs. Web3 is the third generation of the World Wide Web that is open-source and supported by decentralized networks using blockchain. What started as a military operation and what it has transformed into are completely different.Did the internet start as a military operation?Let’s start by learning how the whole global web revolution started and what initially it stood for.<h2 id="header-0">The Invention of the Internet</h2>The current revolution of decentralizing the web roots back to the time of when and how the internet was invented. The story of the origins of the internet goes back to the 1950s when the cold war with the Soviet Union was at its peak and both the superpowers possessed deadly nuclear weapons. US’s defense department funded research called Advanced Research Projects Agency (Arpa). In 1969, Arpa created an immobile wired data communication system that was centralized and hence, could be easily disabled by a fragile attack. The whole of Arpanet’s infrastructure evolved into a decentralized system of many computers (with no central command station) distributed across the country. These computers can easily communicate with each other wirelessly.A distributed set of computers communicating with each other?Have we heard this in the definitions of blockchain?<img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/optimized-uploads/98c08d1daf724b998284306c6944fc21.png" />In 1974, Robert Kahn and Vint Cerf, two Arpanet researchers solved the biggest problem of that time of making two networks communicate with each other. This solution was a set of guidelines that led to the emergence of ‘internetworking’ and with their invention, we saw TCP/IP, or Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol presented before the world for the very first time.<h3 id="a-href-https-blog-dock-io-the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web-rel-noopener-noreferrer-nofollow-read-the-complete-blog-here-a"><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Read the complete blog here.</a></h3>Table of Contents<ol><li><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#the-invention-of-the-internet" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Invention of the Internet</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#web1-read-only" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Web1: Read-only</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#web2-read-and-write-the-web-of-today" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Web2: Read and Write (The Web of Today)</a><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#the-magnificent-rise-of-social-media" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Magnificent Rise of Social Media </a><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#users-became-the-products" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Users Became the Products </a><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#identity-and-ownership" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Identity and Ownership </a></li><li><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#web3-explained" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Web3 Explained</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#the-origins-of-web3" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Origins of Web3</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#has-web3-transitioned-from-ai-based-to-blockchain-based-the-role-of-blockchain" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Has Web3 Transitioned from AI-based to Blockchain-Based? The Role of Blockchain</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#web3more-than-crypto" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Web3 - More Than Crypto</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#what-makes-web3-important" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">What Makes Web3 Important?</a> <a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#ownership" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ownership</a> <a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#decentralization" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Decentralization </a><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#reputation" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Reputation </a><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#identity" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Identity </a><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#security-and-privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Security and Privacy </a><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#censorship-resistance" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Censorship Resistance </a><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#automation-dao" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Automation (DAO)</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#examples-of-web3-in-real-world" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Examples of Web3 in real-world</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#wallets-vs-web3-id-sign-in-system" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Wallets vs Web3 ID Sign-In System</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.dock.io/the-complete-history-of-the-world-wide-web/#conclusion" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Conclusion</a></li></ol>

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