The most common shapes are called open-ended spanner and ring spanner. The term wrench refers to a type of adjustable spanner.[1] In American English, wrench is the standard term. The very most common shapes are called open-end wrench and box-end wrench. In American English, spanner refers to a specialized wrench with a series of pins or tabs around the circumference.
Â· just now. 1  Well to start with, let me tell you that the fist network to be ever established was the Arpanet, setup by the US military during the Gulf War. 2  Vinton Cerf is considered the father of the internet, and Tim Berners-Lee is the father of the World Wide Web.
Mention the history of the Internet to a group of people, and chances are someone will make a snarky comment about Al Gore claiming to have invented it. Gore actually said that he took the initiative in creating the Internet [source: CNN]. He promoted the Internet's development both as a senator and as vice president of the United States. So how did the Internet really get started? Believe it or not, it all began with a satellite. It was 1957 when the then Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite.