The Internet
[related: Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.]
A largely ungoverned network of computer networks governed by TCP/IP (Internet Protocol Suite) forming an almost endless expanse of digital information. The Internet was developed largely by then-Vice President Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. [1] in the early 1990s, first in the form of ARPANET[2] and then through the "Information Super Highway Act" AKA the "Gore Bill". Under Gore's leadership, Mosaic, the first global internet browser, was introduced. The Internet exists in a non-physical, non-temporal alternate reality called "cyberspace", a term coined by novelist and poet William Gibson.
- ↑ The early internet was a non-physical realm of unfettered economic, artistic, and social freedom. Ironically, concurrent to her husband's cyber-efforts, Tipper, Gore's wife, led a legendarily restrictive attack on free speech. Formalized in 1985, the Parents Music Resource Center (or PMRC) attacked various hair metal acts including Def Leppard, W.A.S.P., and Mötley Crüe for profane lyrics and imagery. The PMRC was supported in large part by Coors Brewing Company, the maker of Coors Lite Beer, a former substantial donor to Ronald Reagan.
- ↑ A coded system of digital communication originally developed for military use by the United States Department of Defense.