Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet background

Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet

Season 1 Episode 1: Networking the Nerds

Nov 25, 1998NR1h7.8

Invention is rarely the isolated product of a lone scientist or engineer. Instead, every significant technology in the modern world is the product of a long history of numerous people and events. One of our most modern inventions, the Internet, is itself the result of decades of work and innovation by thousands of people who may have never dreamed of the possibility or potential of a global network. At the beginning of 1989 over 80,000 host computers were connected to what was now called the ...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Networking the Nerds

1. Networking the Nerds

Aired: Nov 25, 1998

Invention is rarely the isolated product of a lone scientist or engineer. Ins...

Episode 2 Connecting the Suits

2. Connecting the Suits

Aired: Nov 25, 1998

In the 1980's, personal computers became a common fixture in homes and office...

Episode 3 Wiring the World

3. Wiring the World

Aired: Nov 25, 1998

The rise of the personal computer by Apple and IBM introduced the rest of the...

Info about Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet

Network: PBS

Genres:Documentary