important developments of the internet By joeleys Period: Mar 1, 1957 to Mar 1, 2010 internet development Mar 2, 1961 first paper written on packet switching Mar 2, 1962 first internet concept written down Mar 1, 1963 SYNCOM Satellite in production Mar 1, 1969 ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) Mar 1, 1970 newsgroups, bulletin boards Mar 1, 1971 email was created Mar 2, 1972 first basic email programme written Mar 2, 1976 Queen elizabeth first head of state to send email Mar 1, 1978 International packet switched service Mar 2, 1981 first virus created Mar 1, 1983 TCP/IP protocol, National Science Foundation (NSF) Mar 1, 1983 Internet Topographic Map, 1983 was created Mar 1, 1984 Domain name addressing system Mar 1, 1987 10,000 hosts on the internet Mar 1, 1990 First commercial dialup Mar 1, 1991 World Wide Web, CERN Mar 2, 1991 CERN the european council for neuclear research Mar 1, 1993 First widely used browser (Mosaic) Mar 1, 1996 Word ‘Internet’ in daily use Mar 1, 1997 10 million users on the internet Mar 2, 1997 70 million users Mar 1, 2000 Dotcom bubble burst Mar 2, 2007 1262 million users Mar 2, 2010 1650 million users Period: Jan 1, 2011 to Mar 1, 2011 internet history