Thread: Internet2

A of the most important and significant creations obtained by the man is the internet which originally was intended for military purposes, but as he was passing the time and is saw the great value and opportunities that the Internet had provided within the means of communication was extended to high speed and becoming a tool commercial.

80% of companies around world are posted on the network through the Internet and the same institutions and private both as There are also pages of nature personal. Today's countless the number of addresses and websites websites that exist, and the phenomenon of the internet continues to grow exponentially.

Due to limitations in bandwidth it was difficult to optimize the interconnection of computers with for teaching or research. It was then that nearly 12 years in the United States which is now commonly known as Internet2.

Internet2 is not aimed to replace the commercial Internet, but is productive and educational purposes. With Internet2 is maximized and bandwidth transfer at high speeds, enabling the development and use of advanced applications that work in this network. The use of Internet2 is exclusively for educational and research purposes and growing more each year, making it a promising tool and certainly of great use not only now but in the years ahead.

Internet2 or UCAID is a nonprofit consortium that develops and uses advanced network applications and technologies for educational purposes and for the transfer of data to high speed. It should be This that "Internet2" refers both to an organization as a network.

As an organization refers to the Internet2 Consortium. As a network is a collection of networks of high performance U.S. and other countries, which allows sites attached to these networks interact in ways not possible using the traditional Internet.

The Internet2 network has significant advantages for the community and educational research. This has been possible to develop network applications that are not possible to use the Internet regularly.