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Sep 2023
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#269 The Story of the Internet

Georgiana, founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com
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Today, I will talk about the Internet's fantastic journey – how it changed from big machines to the online world we know today.

Imagine going back to the 1960s, a time of cool space adventures and bright colors. Back then, computers weren't small like today. They were as big as rooms! Like friendly elephants waiting for special instructions. But guess what? These big computers couldn't talk to each other.

Now, let's jump ahead to the 1990s. Think of slow dial-up Internet. That's when the World Wide Web appeared. Imagine a huge library with doors open to different places when you click. But, you had to wait because pages loaded slowly, like a snail.

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