The 1934 Internet
In 1934, Otlet sketched out plans for a global network of computers (or
“electric telescopes,” as he called them) that would allow people to
search and browse through millions of interlinked documents, images,
audio and video files. He described how people would use the devices to
send messages to one another, share files and even congregate in online
social networks. He called the whole thing a “réseau,” which might be
translated as “network” — or arguably, “web.”http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/science/17mund.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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