Discuss the concept of universal information machines and the development of the internet and the World Wide Web.

In “From the World Brain to the World Wide Web,” computer historians Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray discuss the concept of universal information machines and the development of the internet and the World Wide Web.

In this response, please address the following questions:

1) According to the authors, “the internet sprang from a confluence of three desires.” What were these desires?

2) What is the “memex”? How did it work?

3) What is “packet switching”? How did the telegraph inspire this concept?

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