{"id":17252,"date":"2022-05-25T18:09:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T18:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prensa.lacnic.net\/news?p=17252"},"modified":"2022-05-25T19:10:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T19:10:04","slug":"the-four-dimensions-of-the-internets-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/en\/the-four-dimensions-of-the-internets-success\/","title":{"rendered":"The Four Dimensions Of The Internet\u2019s Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Lito Ibarra<\/a> – SVNet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally published here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 52 years of existence, the Internet is a tool that continues to be adopted by users worldwide to help them with their work, documentation, as a source of information, a vehicle for entertainment, and much more, while handing over much of their professional and personal time \u2014as well as a good amount of information\u2014with little hesitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent study<\/a> commissioned by LACNIC and APNIC, the Internet Address Registries for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Asia Pacific region, respectively, identified four technical principles that have enabled the Internet’s success, sustainability, and growth for over 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, the four principles, which in turn have set the stage for the growth and technical dissemination of the Internet, are Flexibility, Adaptability, Resilience and Scalability. While we have already commented<\/a> on certain aspects in which the Internet has fallen short due to reasons that were valid at the time, many of its design features have led the Internet to rank first among the tools supporting humankind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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