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INTRODUCTION
A few years before Arpanet was developed, Paul Baran had two key ideas which would become highly significant in Arpanet’s development and in the working of the internet. ...
Early years
Paul Baran was born in Poland in 1926. ... After finishing high school, Paul went to Drexel university where he graduated with a degree in electrical engineering in 1949.
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MAIN BODY
RAND
Paul Baran joined the computer science department at the RAND corporation, in 1959 after completing a masters degree. ... Once the problem of how to connect these systems was solved - the internet was born.
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CONCLUSION
Paul Baran is often referred to as the ‘father of the internet’ and in my opinion, although there are many contenders, this is a deserved title for a man on whose innovative ideas, the internet is based on. ...
For me his contribution to the development of the internet was the most important due to the fact that his ideas are what the internet is based on and it is from these ideas that the internet has evolved into becoming what it is now. He had the key ideas first, at a time when nothing like this existed and laid the basic foundation for the internet. So in my view, it is Paul Baran who made the most significant contribution to the development of the internet.
Approximate Word count = 1124
Approximate Pages = 4.5
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