Internet plan: The Internet has revolutionized the computer and communications

Interesting Facts about the Internet and the World Wide Web
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  In October 1994, Tim Berners-Lee founded the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to set protocols, guidelines, and standards for the web. W3C also serves as a means to carry out different developmental activities for the overall positive growth of the web.
  
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  The first webpage developed by Tim Berners-Lee for the world wide web went live in August 1991, it is also considered the world’s first website and it is still active. However, there are some other sites as well which claim to be the oldest on the internet. 
  
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  The first search engine on the internet was Archie, a post-graduate project created by Alan Emtage at McGill University, Montreal. 
  

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  Today, the number of devices connected to the internet exceeds the total number of human beings on earth, and the total number of active websites on the web is more than 1.8 billion.
  
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  The Internet emerged as the fastest medium of communication to reach 50 million users. Compared to the 12 and 38 years taken by radio and television, respectively, to reach the same number of users, the internet achieved this feat within 5 years of its run.
  

Future of the Internet
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At present, around 5.2 billion people in the world use web, and their numbers are increasing fast. From smartphones to smart homes, internet is transforming our lives in unprecedented ways, even during many emergency circumstances such as the occurrence of a natural calamity, war, medical emergency, etc, the world wide web plays a vital role in saving the lives of thousands of people. It has now become much more than just an information-sharing system and as technology will evolve in the coming years, the web is likely to become even more enmeshed in our lives.
The first recorded description of the social interactions that could be enabled through networking was a series of memos written by