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Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet
Season 1
Episode 3

Wiring the World

November 25, 1998

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Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet - S1 - E3

The rise of the personal computer by Apple and IBM introduced the rest of the world to computing. At first, computers were the tools of technically inclined nerds, but new applications drew other people to the keyboard. With an affordable modem, people could connect with other computer enthusiasts and commercial online services. People were using the computer as Bush and Licklider had prophesized, as a medium to interact with other people.

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Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet: Season 1 - 3 Episode s

1x1 - Networking the Nerds
November 25, 1998
Invention is rarely the isolated product of a lone scientist or engineer. Instead, every significant technology in the modern world is the product of a long history of numerous people and events. One of our most modern inventions, the Internet, is itself the result of decades of work and innovation by thousands of people who may have never dreamed of the possibility or potential of a global network. At the beginning of 1989 over 80,000 host computers were connected to what was now called the Internet. That same year, after some solemn thought, the aging ARPAnet was turned off signaling a transfer of the Internet from the hands of the Nerds to the Suits.
1x2 - Connecting the Suits
November 25, 1998
In the 1980's, personal computers became a common fixture in homes and offices. Supplying business with computers and software grew into one of the biggest industries in less than a decade. Soon, networking became a profitable business for engineers previously restricted to networking mainframes. The Internet opened a gold rush in the 1980's that built huge fortunes and toppled old empires. Passionate engineers and savvy venture capitalists built a new economy that would lay the tracks for the Information Super Highway.
1x3 - Wiring the World
November 25, 1998
The rise of the personal computer by Apple and IBM introduced the rest of the world to computing. At first, computers were the tools of technically inclined nerds, but new applications drew other people to the keyboard. With an affordable modem, people could connect with other computer enthusiasts and commercial online services. People were using the computer as Bush and Licklider had prophesized, as a medium to interact with other people.

Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet: All seasons

S1: Miniseries
3 Episode s

1x1 - Networking the Nerds

1x2 - Connecting the Suits

1x3 - Wiring the World

S1: Miniseries