Sample Web Essay

This essay comes from a first year course on the history of the Internet. Coursework essays [US - term papers] are submitted in the form of 'web essays'. Students are asked to create pages with hyperlinks, and although marks are given principally for the content of the essay, the final grade also takes into account their web site design skills.

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Discuss the earlier phases of the development of the Net, and in particular consider the outstanding figures who have made significant technological contributions. Does any one of them seem to warrant the description of 'creator of the Internet'?

Introduction
What is the Internet?
How did the Internet evolve?
Is there a father of the Internet?
Plan for this assignment
Resources
Definitions

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