A dot address (sometimes known as a dotted quad address) refers to the notation that expresses the four-byte (32-bit) IP address as a sequence of four decimal numbers separated by dots. Each number represents the binary value of one of four bytes. Look at this Internet address, for example: 205.245.172.72.
In 1974, after many failed attempts, a paper published by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, also known as âthe fathers of the Internet,â resulted in the protocol TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), which by 1978 would become TCP/IP (with the IP standing for Internet Protocol).
The Invention of the Internet. Introduction. Unlike technologies such as the light bulb or the telephone, the Internet has no single âinventor.â Instead, it has evolved over time. The Internet got its start in the United States more than 50 years ago as a government weapon in the Cold War.