因特網(wǎng)時代[外文翻譯]

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1969年，洛杉磯加州大學(xué)的研究人員準(zhǔn)備進(jìn)行一項至關(guān)重要的實驗。他們設(shè)置了一臺計算機和通信結(jié)點，一些同事則在加州門洛帕克安裝了類似的設(shè)備。
然后他們要試驗?zāi)芊裢ㄟ^電話線把計算機聯(lián)接起來，就像一個系統(tǒng)那樣運行。當(dāng)兩個實驗組之間的電話線一開通，加利福尼亞大學(xué)洛杉磯分校的研究人員開始慢慢地鍵入“登錄”這一信息，以激活聯(lián)接。然而系統(tǒng)癱瘓了。
這就是因特網(wǎng)時代的創(chuàng)始。當(dāng)月底，實驗小組在一次淙中將計算機成功，使五角大樓的資金提供者們?yōu)橹?。這些高級軍官最終將創(chuàng)建一個全國性的計算機與電話環(huán)狀網(wǎng)，該網(wǎng)絡(luò)被設(shè)計為在部分網(wǎng)絡(luò)因遭受核攻擊而被破壞的情況下仍能保持運轉(zhuǎn)。這一想法，由于有了使信息易于新聞記者的軟件而變得鮮活，使我們點一下鼠標(biāo)就可以進(jìn)入網(wǎng)絡(luò)。它已成業(yè)史無前例地改變我們生活的力量。
因特網(wǎng)的早期影響無疑是深遠(yuǎn)的，尤其是對商業(yè)而言。擁有一條T1通信線路和大量現(xiàn)金的暴發(fā)戶們，正在讓那些曾一度看起來無法戰(zhàn)勝的公司變謙恭。對于想投資或集資的人來說，金融市場的效率越來越高。
事實上，效率也許就是因特網(wǎng)的格言。因特網(wǎng)提供了打破官僚作風(fēng)、挑戰(zhàn)公司、政府和知識界的保守勢力、增強社區(qū)認(rèn)同感的工具。這些發(fā)展民經(jīng)引發(fā)了不止一次革命。這一回也沒有理由低估其影響 ......



The Internet Age
In October, 1969, researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles were ready for a critical experiment. They had set up a computer and communications node while colleagues installed similar equipment in Menlo Park, Calif. Now they would test whether they could link computers over telephone lines to operate as one system. Once the line between the two teams was open, the researchers at UCLA began slowly tapping out a message“l(fā)ogin” ,to activate the link. The system crashed.
Such was the genesis of the Internet Age. By the end of the month, the teams linked the computers in a demonstration that captivated their bankrollers at the Pentagon. The brass hats would eventually create a nationwide ring of computers and telephone lines designed to keep functioning even if a nuclear attack took out part of the network. That idea, jazzed up with software that makes information easy to read and lets us navigate the Net with a mouse click, has become the force that is transforming our lives like none before.
Certainlythe early impact of the Internet is profound, particularly for business. Upstarts with a T1 line and buckets of cash are humbling companies that once seemed impregnable. Financial markets are becoming more efficient for people who want to invest or raise money. In fact, efficiency may be the watchword of the Net. It provides the means to break down bureaucracies; challenge corporate, governmental. And intellectual orthodoxies; and foster a stronger sense ......