【正文】
The Inter’s rise has been nothing short of meteoric. We may take it for granted today, using it for all manner of tasks, but just over te n years ago fe w people ha d e ven hea rd of the Interne t, let a lone use d it. For businesses and individuals, the Interne t is now of ten the mu nication medium of choice, enabling them to interact with the world. But the Inter’s origins were more ominous a nd ra the r different f rom the e vergr ow ing, spra wling freef ora ll that e xists k in the 1960s, the Amer ican m ilitary was experimenting w ith me thods by w hic h the . author ities m ight be able to munica te in the aftermath of a nuclear attac k. T he suggested solution wa s to replace pointtopoint munica tion ne twor ks like