英语科普文选：互联网发展简史

 　　ARPANET started by the US Dept. of Defense¹ for research.It is the original basis for what now forms the Internet.It was opened to non-military users later in the 1970s.

　　The first international connections to ARPANET are established.

　　The TCP/IP Protocol² established,and the "Internet" is formed as a connected set of networks using TCP/IP.

　　DNS(Domain Name Server) introduced to the Internet, with then consisted of about 1000 hosts.

　　World Wide Web,invented by Tim Berners-Lee who saw the need for a global information exhcange that would allow physicists³ to collaborate⁴ on research.The Web started as a text-only interface⁵,but NCSA Mosaic⁶ later presented a graphical interface for it.

　　Web traffic over the Internet increased by 300,000%.

　　Netscape 1.0 was written as an alternative browser⁷ to NCSA Mosaic.

　　December JavaScript development announced by Netscape.

　　Now Internet is still developing faster and faster...

　　美国国防部建立了阿帕网，作研究用。这就是因特网的前身。阿帕网到七十年代开放给非军事界。

　　阿帕网第一次建立了国际联系。

　　TCP/IP协议建立，由TCP/IP协议连接起来的因特网网络形成了。

　　因特网引进域名服务器，当时整个互联网有一千部主机。

　　提姆.伯纳斯-李觉得有必要让世界上的物理家相互交换资料，进行科研合作，他发明了国际互联网。当时的国际互联网中有的只是文字，但后来，NCSA Mosaic推出了适合国际互联网使用的图形界面。

　　国际互联网流量上升了百分之三十万。

　　继浏览器NCSA Mosaic后，网景1.0推出。

　　12月网景公布，它正在进行JavaScript的开发。

　　Internet 现在仍以越来越快的速度高速发展着。

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

3 physicists   

物理学家( physicist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• For many particle physicists, however, it was a year of frustration. 对于许多粒子物理学家来说，这是受挫折的一年。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技
• Physicists seek rules or patterns to provide a framework. 物理学家寻求用法则或图式来构成一个框架。

4 collaborate   

vi.协作，合作；协调

参考例句：

• The work gets done more quickly when we collaborate.我们一旦合作，工作做起来就更快了。
• I would ask you to collaborate with us in this work.我们愿意请你们在这项工作中和我们合作。

5 interface   

n.接合部位，分界面；v.(使)互相联系

参考例句：

• My computer has a network interface,which allows me to get to other computers.我的计算机有网络接口可以与其它计算机连在一起。
• This program has perspicuous interface and extensive application. 该程序界面明了，适用范围广。

6 mosaic   

n./adj.镶嵌细工的，镶嵌工艺品的，嵌花式的

参考例句：

• The sky this morning is a mosaic of blue and white.今天早上的天空是幅蓝白相间的画面。
• The image mosaic is a troublesome work.图象镶嵌是个麻烦的工作。

7 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。