Telnet – Transport Layer Security (TLS/SSL) – Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) – History of the Internet History of the Internet The internet wasn't invented but continually developed by internet pioneers. Predecessors NPL network – a local area computer network operated by a team from the National Physical Laboratory in England that pioneered the concept of packet switching. ARPANET – an early packet switching network and the first network to implement the protocol suite TCP/IP which later became a technical foundation of the Internet. Merit Network – a computer network created in 1966 to connect the mainframe computers at universities that is currently the oldest running regional computer network in the United States. CYCLADES – a French research network created in the early 1970s that pioneered the concept of packet switching, and was developed to explore alternatives to the ARPANET design. Computer Science Network (CSNET) – a computer network created in the United States for computer science departments at academic and research institutions that could not be directly connected to ARPANET, due to funding or authorization limitations. It played a significant role in spreading awareness of, and access to, national networking and was a major milestone on the path to development of the global Internet. National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET) – History of Internet components History of packet switching – very high speed Backbone Network Service (vBNS) – Network access point (NAP) – Federal Internet Exchange (FIX) – Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX) – Timeline of Internet conflicts Internet usage Global Internet usage Internet traffic List of countries by number of Internet users List of European countries by number of Internet users List of sovereign states by number of broadband Internet subscriptions List of sovereign states by number of Internet hosts Languages used on the Internet List of countries by IPv4 address allocation Internet Census of 2012 Internet politics Internet privacy – a subset of data privacy concerning the right to privacy from third parties including corporations and governments on the Internet. Censorship – the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or "inconvenient" as determined by government authorities or by community consensus. Censorship by country – the extent of censorship varies between countries and sometimes includes restrictions to freedom of the Press, freedom of speech, and human rights. Internet censorship – the control or suppression