User:Dr.Mug/New sandbox History of the internet edits

This new sandbox will record my potential edits for my chosen article to edit, History of the Internet.

Original: Computer science was an emerging discipline in the late 1950s that began to consider time-sharing between computer users and, later, the possibility of achieving this over wide area networks.

Edit: Computer science was an emerging discipline in the late 1950s that began to consider time-sharing between computer users and, later the possibility of achieving this over wide area networks. (Removed unnecessary comma)

Original: In the early 1980s the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded national supercomputing centers at several universities in the United States and provided interconnectivity in 1986 with the NSFNET project, which created network access to these supercomputer sites for research and academic organizations in the United States.

Edit: In the early 1980s, the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded national supercomputing centers at several universities in the United States, and provided interconnectivity in 1986 with the NSFNET project. Thus creating network access to these supercomputer sites for research and academic organizations in the United States. (added punctuation, turned possible run-on sentence into two, easier to read sentences.)

Original: The development of transistor technology was fundamental to a new generation of electronic devices that later effected almost every aspect of the human experience.

Edit: The development of transistor technology was fundamental to a new generation of electronic devices that later affected almost every aspect of the human experience. (affected is supposed to be used here, not effected)

Original: The IETF grew out of quarterly meeting of U.S. government-funded researchers, starting in January 1986. Non-government representatives were invited by the fourth IETF meeting in October 1986.

Edit: The IETF grew out of quarterly meetings with U.S. government-funded researchers, starting in January 1986. Non-government representatives were invited by the fourth IETF meeting in October 1986. (minor grammatical edit, easier to understand)