The Internet: Behind The Web
Modern Marvels · Season 9 · Episode 47
Over 200-million people around the world use the Internet–yet no one owns or controls it. Its phenomenal usage puts it on a par with the printing press as a civilization-shaping invention. Follow the rise of the Net as a humble defense department research project to its stature as the number one communications tool for the future.
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Season
9
Episode
47
Air Date
09/Oct/2002
Air Time
22:00
Runtime
44 min
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Over 200-million people around the world use the Internet–yet no one owns or controls it. Its phenomenal usage puts it on a par with the printing press as a civilization-shaping invention. Follow the rise of the Net as a humble defense department research project to its stature as the number one communications tool for the future.
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