Encountering computer networks
The first time I encountered a network was in a shopping centre's electronics department in 1985.
The network, known as a supercomputer at the time, was the Commodore +4 computer, which had 64KB RAM as well as a 64KB ROM.
This was a huge difference compared to the well known Commodore 64, which had 64KB ROM and RAM shared out.
This was so interesting to me at the time, that very soon I also had a Commodore +4 as my very first computer.
After a decade, in 1995, when I was working with IBM compatible PC's, the computer networks were made available to households.
The networks connected with an analog telephone modem, which at the time was communicating with 4800kbs.
In Eastern Europe there were a very small amount of internet providers, so we connected through the University Network to the World Wide Web,
which access was provided by friends, or through private user's who shared their information.
This data transfer rate was too slow to handle graphical content,
so most of the information was text or the text itself was used to show a certain picture.
Soon after the internet has rapidly spread, and became easy to access.
At the start it was a dial-in connection, which was later changed to ADSL, which still works through phone lines,
however it is equipped with a passive filter to separate the phone conversations.
Also a wired network which communicates through a Television cable, thanks to the optical cables,
is capable of much faster data transfer rate.
Today the use of a wireless network happens seamlessly.
Every smart phone can get access to internet information at any times.
Wherever we go wireless networks, WIFI connection points can be found all the time, a part of which is available to use for free.