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Symbolics.com is the first registered .com domain name on the Internet

symbolics.com: the first registered .com domain name

Symbolics.com is the first registered .com domain name on the Internet; it is to say, the oldest .com domain. It was registered by Symbolics, Inc., an American computer manufacturer, back on March 15, 1985. Decades later, in August 2009, it was acquired by XF.com Investments (now napkin.com). First 100 registered .com domains The first 100

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Línea de tiempo del protocolo HTTP, desde HTTP/0.9 a HTTP/2 y HTTP/3

HTTP/2: features and improvements

HTTP/2 arrived in 2015 to replace the HTTP/1.1 protocol and introduce numerous improvements. This version of the protocol introduced big changes, significantly improved data transfers and, as a result, it also boosted web pages load speed acceleration. From HTTP/1.1 to HTTP/2 Since the release of HTTP/1 in 1996 and HTTP/1.1 in 1997, the HTTP protocol

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What is the IPv6 protocol

What is IPv6?

The Internet Protocol version 6 or IPv6 is a version of the Internet Protocol (IP). The Internet Protocol allows the transfer of data through a network to IP addresses (IPv4 or IPv6), which identify the different devices that are connected to the Internet, allowing communications among them. IPv6 should end up replacing IPv4. The transition

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HTTP timeline by Stackscale

HTTP/3, the new HTTP protocol based on UDP

HTTP/3, based on UDP, is the new version of the HTTP protocol. The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) met in Bangkok in November 2018 to adopt this new Internet draft. What is HTTP/3? The HTTP/3 protocol is the new version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and is based on the UDP protocol. It became

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How to improve your website load speed

Improving web page load speed: key factors and tools

A good web page load speed is an essential factor for a web page’s success. Nobody likes to wait, much less to waste time waiting for the information they are looking for to show up on the screen. That is why, in order to avoid losing visits and sales, it is very important to decrease

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Top browsers 2022

Top browsers: features, comparison and stats (2022)

Which are the top browsers in 2022? Nowadays, there are many browsers among which Internet users can choose to navigate. In this article we have collected the current top browsers, together with a comparison of their main features and tools. Besides, we go over some key statistics about the usage of web browsers worldwide and

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The evolution of the Internet from 1997 to 2021

The evolution of the Internet from 1997 to 2021

How has the Internet changed over the years? The Opte Project, by Barrett Lyon, captures the evolution of the Internet from 1997 to 2021. As the Internet is a network of networks, Barrett Lyon has leveraged the connections among all those networks to create a map of the Internet. This visual representation of the Internet

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China's plan to accelerate IPv6 adoption

China’s plan to accelerate IPv6 adoption over the next 5-10 years

Last July 23rd, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China and the office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission announced its plan to accelerate the adoption and application of the IPv6 protocol over the next 5-10 years. The plan is divided in three stages and is to be completed over the next decade. With these timeline

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Drawing of the ceremony room and safe room of the Root KSK ceremony

Root DNSSEC KSK Ceremony

The Root DNSSEC KSK (Key-signing Key) Ceremony is a strict procedure during which the DNS root zone’s public keying information is signed for the three months following it. The KSK is the key used to sign the set of Zone-signing Keys (ZSK) every three months; being the trust anchor of the Domain Name System (DNS).

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Internet traffic growth from 2020 to 2021 infographics

Internet traffic has increased in IXPs around the world

Internet traffic has increased worldwide during the last year due to the increase of many digital activities — from remote working and education to video streaming and video calls. The lockdowns and restrictions provoked by the Covid-19 pandemic have accelerated the digital economy and, as a result, Internet traffic growth. Many companies have been forced

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