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Today, billionsbillionA very large number, one thousand million.≈ Synonym: many millions🇺🇿UZ: milliardlab🇷🇺RU: миллиарды of people use the internet every day, but it did not always existexist (verb)To be real or to be present in the world.≈ Synonym: to be present🇺🇿UZ: mavjud bo'lmoq🇷🇺RU: существовать. The story began in the late 1960s, when computers were hugehuge (adj)Extremely large in size.≈ Synonym: enormous🇺🇿UZ: ulkan, katta🇷🇺RU: огромный machines that filled entireentire (adj)Whole; complete, with no part missing.≈ Synonym: whole🇺🇿UZ: butun🇷🇺RU: целый rooms. Scientists in the United States wanted a way to connect these computers and share information quickly. This idea led to the creation of a networknetwork (noun)A group of connected computers or systems that share information.≈ Synonym: system of connections🇺🇿UZ: tarmoq🇷🇺RU: сеть called ARPANET, which is often seen as the true start of the internet.
ARPANET connectedconnect (verb)Joined or linked together.≈ Synonym: linked🇺🇿UZ: bog'langan🇷🇺RU: соединённый just a few university computers at first, allowingallow (verb)Making it possible for something to happen.≈ Synonym: enabling🇺🇿UZ: imkon berish🇷🇺RU: позволяя researchersresearcher (noun)People who study a subject carefully to discover new information.≈ Synonym: scientists who study🇺🇿UZ: tadqiqotchilar🇷🇺RU: исследователи to send simple messages over long distances. This was a huge achievementachievement (noun)Something important or difficult that has been successfully done.≈ Synonym: accomplishment🇺🇿UZ: yutuq🇷🇺RU: достижение, but it took many more years before the publicpublic (noun)Ordinary people in general, not a small or private group.≈ Synonym: ordinary people🇺🇿UZ: aholi, ommaviy🇷🇺RU: общественность could use the internet. Engineersengineer (noun)People who design and build machines, systems, or structures.≈ Synonym: technical designers🇺🇿UZ: muhandislar🇷🇺RU: инженеры had to inventinvent (verb)To create something new that did not exist before.≈ Synonym: to create🇺🇿UZ: ixtiro qilmoq🇷🇺RU: изобретать new rules, or protocolsprotocol (noun)A set of official rules that computers follow to communicate with each other.≈ Synonym: technical rules🇺🇿UZ: protokollar🇷🇺RU: протоколы, so that different computers and networks could understand each other. One of the most important of these was called TCP/IP.
In the 1990s, a British scientist named Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide WebWorld Wide Web (noun)A system of linked pages that people can view using the internet.≈ Synonym: the Web🇺🇿UZ: Butunjahon tarmog'i🇷🇺RU: Всемирная паутина, a system that made the internet much easier to use. Instead of typing complicatedcomplicated (adj)Difficult to understand or do because it has many parts.≈ Synonym: difficult🇺🇿UZ: murakkab🇷🇺RU: сложный commandscommand (noun)Instructions typed or given to a computer to make it do something.≈ Synonym: instructions🇺🇿UZ: buyruqlar🇷🇺RU: команды, people could now click on linkslink (noun)Clickable connections on a web page that lead to other pages.≈ Synonym: clickable connections🇺🇿UZ: havolalar🇷🇺RU: ссылки and view pages full of pictures and text. Soon, homes and offices around the world began connectingconnect (verb)Joining people, places, or devices together, especially through a network.≈ Synonym: linking together🇺🇿UZ: bog'lamoqda🇷🇺RU: соединяя to the internet, and the number of users grew at an incredible speedincredible speedExtremely fast, hard to believe how quick it is.≈ Synonym: amazing speed🇺🇿UZ: ishonib bo'lmas tezlik🇷🇺RU: невероятная скорость.
The internet has completely transformedtransform (verb)Changed completely, usually to something better or very different.≈ Synonym: completely changed🇺🇿UZ: o'zgartirdi🇷🇺RU: полностью изменил daily life. People now shop, study, and work online, and they can talk to friends and family across the world instantly. However, this rapid growthrapid growthAn increase that happens very quickly.≈ Synonym: fast increase🇺🇿UZ: tez o'sish🇷🇺RU: быстрый рост has also brought challenges, such as the spread of false informationfalse informationNews or facts that are not true.≈ Synonym: misinformation🇺🇿UZ: yolg'on ma'lumot🇷🇺RU: ложная информация and concernsconcern (noun)Feelings of worry about something.≈ Synonym: worries🇺🇿UZ: tashvishlar🇷🇺RU: опасения about privacyprivacy (noun)The state of being free from other people watching or knowing your personal information.≈ Synonym: personal secrecy🇺🇿UZ: maxfiylik🇷🇺RU: конфиденциальность. Many people worry about how much personal datapersonal dataPrivate information about a specific person, such as their name or address.≈ Synonym: private information🇺🇿UZ: shaxsiy ma'lumotlar🇷🇺RU: личные данные companies collect from users without them fully realizingrealize (verb)Becoming fully aware of something.≈ Synonym: becoming aware🇺🇿UZ: anglash🇷🇺RU: осознавая it.
Despitedespite (prep)In spite of; without being affected by.≈ Synonym: in spite of🇺🇿UZ: -ga qaramay🇷🇺RU: несмотря на these problems, the internet continues to grow and change. New technologies keep appearing, connecting more people than ever before. From its humble beginninghumble beginningA simple or small start, without much importance at first.≈ Synonym: modest start🇺🇿UZ: kamtarona boshlanish🇷🇺RU: скромное начало as a small military projectmilitary projectA plan or program organized by the armed forces.≈ Synonym: defense-related program🇺🇿UZ: harbiy loyiha🇷🇺RU: военный проект, the internet has become one of the most powerful tools in human history, shapingshape (verb)Influencing or forming how something develops.≈ Synonym: forming, influencing🇺🇿UZ: shakllantirmoqda🇷🇺RU: формируя how we learn, communicate, and understand the world around us.