Once upon a time there lived a good king and his queen. They had no children for many years and were very sad.

Then one day, the queen gave birth to a lovely baby girl and the whole kingdom was happy. There was a grand celebration and all the fairies in the kingdom were invited. But the king forgot to invite an old fairy. She came to the celebrations but was very angry. Soon it was time to gift the baby with special wishes. The good fairies wished her well and said, “May she grow to be the most beautiful girl in the world! She will sing sweetly and dance so well! She will live happily!” All the fairies blessed the baby and gave her beautiful gifts.

When it was the old fairy’s turn, she said, “When the baby is sixteen she will touch a spindle, and die!” The king and queen were shocked and begged the fairy to forgive them and take her words back but the fairy refused to do so. When the other fairies saw the king and queen crying, they said, “We cannot undo what the old fairy has spoken. But we certainly can make it different. Your child shall not die when she touches the spindle. But she will fall into a deep sleep for a hundred years. Then, a prince will come along and wake her up.” Hearing this, the king and the queen were relieved. The king forbade everyone from spinning so that the princess would never touch a spindle.

The princess grew up to be a kind girl and helped people in need. Everybody loved her. Years passed. When the princess was sixteen years old, she was walking in the woods when she saw an old lady spinning. “What is this? May I try?” she asked The old lady said, “Of course, my pretty little child!” And the princess sat down to spin. But the moment she touched the spindle, she fell to the floor in a deep slumber. The old lady took her back to the palace and the king and queen laid her on her bed and tucked her in. They were very sad and called the good fairies. The fairies felt sorry for them and cast a spell over the whole kingdom so that when the princess woke up after a hundred years, she would not be alone in the palace. Everyone, including the guards and the servants and the animals were now fast asleep. For a hundred years, they all slept soundly.

A hundred years passed. There came a prince from a far off land. He, along with his servants, went deep into the forest and crossed many rivers. Once the prince lost his way and was separated from the rest of the travellers. He came to the sleeping kingdom and was amazed. The guards, the servants, the cats and the cows were all fast asleep and snoring.

The prince reached the palace and entered it. No one moved. The prince then found the sleeping princess. She was such a beautiful girl that the prince kissed her. By that time, a hundred years had passed by and everyone was waking up, one by one. The princess yawned and opened her eyes. She saw the prince and smiled. She asked him “Are you my prince?” He was happy to hear her speak. The prince and the princess fell in love with each other. The prince wanted to marry the princess so they went to ask for permission from their parents.

The king and the queen arranged for a royal wedding. All the clothes the bride wore were a hundred years old, but she looked beautiful. Soon, they were married and then they rode away to the prince’s kingdom far, far away.

Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi yang fenomenal dan menjadi awal munculnya aplikasi web adalah Internet. Berawal dari riset pertahanan dan keamanan serta pendidikan berkembang menjadi perangkat pendukung bisnis yang sangat berpengaruh.

Berawal tahun 1957, melalui Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), Amerika Serikat bertekad mengembangkan jaringan komunikasi terintegrasi yang saling menghubungkan komunitas sains dan keperluan militer.  Dilatarbelakangi terjadinya perang dingin antara Amerika Serikat dengan Uni Soviet (tahun 1957 Soviet meluncurkan sputnik).

Perkembangan besar Internet pertama adalah penemuan terpenting ARPA yaitu packet switching pada tahun 1960. Packet switching adalah pengiriman pesan yang dapat dipecah dalam paket-paket kecil yang masing-masing paketnya dapat melalui berbagai alternatif jalur jika salahsatu jalur rusak untuk mencapai tujuan yang telah ditentukan. Packet switching juga memungkinkan jaringan dapat digunakan secara bersamaan untuk melakukan banyak koneksi, berbeda dengan jalur telepon yang memerlukan jalur khusus untuk melakukan koneksi. Maka ketika ARPANET menjadi jaringan komputer nasional di Amerika Serikat pada 1969, packet switching digunakan secara menyeluruh sebagai metode komunikasinya menggantikan circuit switching yang digunakan pada sambungan telepon publik.

Perkembangan besar Internet kedua yang dicatat pada sejarah internet adalah pengembangan lapisan protokol jaringan yang terkenal karena paling banyak digunakan sekarang yaitu TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol). Protokol adalah suatu kumpulan aturan untuk berhubungan antarjaringan. Protokol ini dikembangkan oleh Robert Kahn dan Vinton Cerf pada tahun 1974. Dengan protokol yang standar dan disepakati secara luas, maka jaringan lokal yang tersebar di berbagai tempat dapat saling terhubung membentuk jaringan raksasa bahkan sekarang ini menjangkau seluruh dunia. Jaringan dengan menggunakan protokol internet inilah yang sering disebut sebagai jaringan internet.

Jaringan ARPANET menjadi semakin besar sejak saat itu dan mulai dikelola oleh pihak swasta pada tahun 1984, maka semakin banyak universitas tergabung dan mulailah perusahaan komersial masuk. Protokol TCP/IP menjadi protokol umum yang disepakati sehingga dapat saling berkomunikasi pada jaringan internet ini.

Perkembangan besar Internet ketiga adalah terbangunnya aplikasi World Wide Web pada tahun 1990 oleh Tim Berners-Lee. Aplikasi World Wide Web (WWW) ini menjadi konten yang dinanti semua pengguna internet. WWW membuat semua pengguna dapat saling berbagi bermacam-macam aplikasi dan konten, serta saling mengaitkan materi-materi yang tersebar di internet.

 

The Eiffel Tower (French: La Tour Eiffel, [tuʁ ɛfɛl]) is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest structure in Paris^[10] and the most-visited paid monument in the world; 7.1 million people ascended it in 2011. The third level observatory's upper platform is at 279.11 m (915.7 ft) the highest accessible to public in the European Union and the highest in Europe as long as the platform of the Ostankino Tower, at 360 m (1,180 ft), remains closed as a result of the fire of August 2000. The tower received its 250 millionth visitor in 2010.

The tower stands 320 metres (1,050 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930. Because of the addition, in 1957, of the antenna atop the Eiffel Tower, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building. Not including broadcast antennas, it is the second-tallest structure in France, after the Millau Viaduct.

The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend, by stairs or lift (elevator), to the first and second levels. The walk from ground level to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is accessible only by lift - stairs exist but they are not usually open for public use. Both the first and second levels feature restaurants.

The tower has become the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.

 

Pulau Komodo adalah sebuah pulau yang terletak di Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara. Pulau Komodo dikenal sebagai habitat asli hewan komodo. Pulau ini juga merupakan kawasan Taman Nasional Komodo yang dikelola oleh Pemerintah Pusat. Pulau Komodo berada di sebelah timur Pulau Sumbawa, yang dipisahkan oleh Selat Sape.

Secara administratif, pulau ini termasuk wilayah Kecamatan Komodo, Kabupaten Manggarai Barat, Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia. Pulau Komodo merupakan ujung paling barat Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur, berbatasan dengan Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat.

Di Pulau Komodo, hewan komodo hidup dan berkembang biak dengan baik. Hingga Agustus 2009, di pulau ini terdapat sekitar 1300 ekor komodo. Ditambah dengan pulau lain, seperti Pulau Rinca dan dan Gili Motang, jumlah mereka keseluruhan mencapai sekitar 2500 ekor. Ada pula sekitar 100 ekor komodo di Cagar Alam Wae Wuul di daratan Pulau Flores tapi tidak termasuk wilayah Taman Nasional Komodo.

Selain komodo, pulau ini juga menyimpan eksotisme flora yang beragam kayu sepang yang oleh warga sekitar digunakan sebagi obat dan bahan pewarna pakaian, pohon nitak ini atau sterculia oblongata di yakini berguna sebagai obat dan bijinya gurih dan enak seperti kacang polong.

Pulau Komodo juga diterima sebagai Situs Warisan Dunia UNESCO, karena dalam wilayah Taman Nasional Komodo, bersama dengan Pulau Rinca, Pulau Padar dan Gili Motang

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