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  2. History of the Internet - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Internet has its origin in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks.The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet, arose from research and development in the United States and involved international collaboration, particularly with researchers in the United Kingdom and ...

  3. Dial-up Internet access - Wikipedia

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    Dial-up Internet access is a form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to establish a connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) by dialing a telephone number on a conventional telephone line. Dial-up connections use modems to decode audio signals into data to send to a router or ...

  4. Social networking service - Wikipedia

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    A social networking service or SNS (sometimes called a social networking site) is a type of online social media platform which people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people who share similar personal or career content, interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections. [1] [2]

  5. Connection-oriented communication - Wikipedia

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    Connection-oriented communication. In telecommunications and computer networking, connection-oriented communication is a communication protocol where a communication session or a semi-permanent connection is established before any useful data can be transferred. The established connection ensures that data is delivered in the correct order to ...

  6. ISDN - Wikipedia

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    The Basic Rate Interface, or BRI, is the standard last-mile connection in the ISDN system, offering two 64 kbit/s "bearer" lines and a single 16 kbit/s "data" channel for commands and data. Although ISDN was successful in a few countries such as Germany, on a global scale the system was largely ignored and garnered the industry nickname ...

  7. Port (computer networking) - Wikipedia

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    Port (computer networking) In computer networking, a port or port number is a number assigned to uniquely identify a connection endpoint and to direct data to a specific service. At the software level, within an operating system, a port is a logical construct that identifies a specific process or a type of network service.

  8. Christian Connection - Wikipedia

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    The Christian Connection was a Christian movement in the United States of America that developed in several places during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, composed of members who withdrew from other Christian denominations. It was influenced by settling the frontier as well as the formation of the new United States and its separation ...

  9. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC ( ENRC) was a public, Kazakhstan/Central African-focused, [2] multinational leading diversified natural resources company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It had activities in integrated mining, processing, energy, logistics and marketing. ENRC was formed in 1994, [ENRC 3] listed on the London ...