‘History of the internet’ in nice web documentary

By reading about Darpa (Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet), I thought I knew what there was to know about the origin of our beloved internet. However this great animated documentary by Milah Bilgil does a nice job explaining time-sharing, file-sharing, arpanet and internet. It also thought me the ‘French’ were on a thight research budget (project cyclades) which supposedly coined the term ‘internet’ to connect isolated ‘islands of computing’ (we’re talking my birth year 1972).

History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.
The history of this disruptive technology is told with clear PICOL icons, which were part of the Bilgil’s diploma project. PICOL stands for Pictorial Communication Language and aims to create “a standard and reduced sign system for electronic communication.” PICOL is free to use and open to alter. The icons are soon available for free on picol.org and I sure like the icon for application.

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