Today there is an international computer network.
It spans the globe and connects universities, researchers, computer workers and users around the world. Twenty five years ago, these developments were non existent. This significant development has involved millions of people around the world. But others who are not participants in this exciting new global computer community know practically nothing of its existence. The current network is the result of work done by scientists, engineers, programmers and other networking pioneers who functioned in the experimental tradition established by the Royal Society in London in the 1660s.