The Internet

Let's take a vote. So how many of you actually know the history of the Internet? Thats what i thought and i am actually one of them. In one of my network class, we were asked to read about the history of the internet. And i thought, why not share it with everyone else by posting a link on my blog :-) .
And what about the various protocols that you use to surf the web(http), check your email(smtp), ftp, telnet etc. So how does it work and how is it implemented? And if you learn these, you will fully understand the jibberish that you see when you run Ethereal(software that captures packets, displays and analyzes it). If you are even vaguely interested to know about these, you should definitey pick up a book called
Communication Networks:Fundamental Concepts and Key Architectures or
Read Chapter 2 of Communication Networks for Free(this way if you have any interest, you can purchase the book).