Internet Interesting facts

 The internet is a pretty interesting place. It's mind blowing that so much of the world 
can now be accessed through a screen we can hold in our hands, isn't it?

The most interesting thing on the internet is always changing, and we are always looking

 for what's next

. Do you know how long the average internet user spends online each day? 

The answer might surprise you!

There are billions of facts on the internet, about the internet! And we have rounded up

 10 of the most bonkers internet use facts, interesting world wide web facts, facts about 

websites, a lot of trivia about the internet, and even thrown in some funny internet facts 

that will hopefully amuse you.

Check out these snippets of internet history and see if you can spot some previously 

unknown facts about internet evolution.

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Fast Facts About The Internet

Check out these 10 facts about the internet, for a quick fire introduction to the world wide web.

1. So what is the internet? The internet is a global network of computer systems that 

send each other tiny parcels of digital data.

2. They communicate through TCP/IP which stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet 

Protocol. Everyone using the internet will have an IP address. This is a random collection of characters,

 which changes automatically each time you log on somewhere new, or restart your internet hub.

3. Have you ever checked a box to allow 'cookies'? Cookies create a path to your IP address 

and let websites tailor things like advertisements specifically to you.

4. The highest internet speed can be found in Taiwan, with an average of 85.02 Mbps 

(megabits per second). The country with the slowest is Yemen, which has an average 

speed of just 0.38 Mbps!

5. The most popular activity online is emailing, next up is instant messaging, and social media

 comes in third, with 74% of people mostly using the internet to check in their socials.

6. The average adult will spend over 10 hours online every day, with around 2.5 

of those hours being spent on social media.

7. In 1995, only one percent of the world had a connection. This number has grown at 

an amazing rate, reaching the first billion users by 2005.

8. In many developing countries, internet access has also had a huge increase, going from 8.4% 

to nearly 50% of people being online.

9. Most internet traffic isn't generated by humans. Bots are behind 52% of it! Some of these are

 just gathering data, but there are also malicious bots that mimic our activity to generate 

fake traffic - creepy!

                     

10. As of 2020, there are 4.3 billion people using the internet, that's 56% of the world's population!

11. The distribution of information using technology has been explored since the 1900s.
 But it wasn't until the '60s that the 'Intergalactic Network' was created, followed very shortly
 by the ARPNET or 'Advanced Research Projects Agency Network'.

12. One of the core internet technologies we have today is 'packet switching'. 

This enables the flexible and reliable contraction of digital networks. ARPNET 
was the first packet switching network to start using the TCP/IP protocol.