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President Eisenhower asked the Defense Department to set up the special agency, ARPA, in response to Sputnik.
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Bob Taylor has an idea to build a network.
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With only eight months to work on delivering results, BBN shows off their first prototype I.M.P. to U.C.L.A.
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ARPA gave the job of building "packet swtiches," otherwise known as "interface message processors" to Bolt, Beranek & Newman.
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Ray Tomlinson, BBN, figures out basic email programs. He also is responsible for selecting the "@" sign to represent "at."
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The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is designed by Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf. This allows networks to interconnect.
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Apple Computer Inc. is founded by engineers, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Soon after, the Apple II was launched. This is one of the first personal computers priced at $1,200.
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CERN, a physics laboratory, introduces the World Wide Web, created by Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau. This opened up the door to "browers" which were to emerge on the scene shortly after.
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Marc Andreessen - a student at University of Illinois at the time - develops the first web browser, Mosaic. Andreeseen partnered with entrepreneur and Silicon Graphics founder, Jim Clark, to create Netscape Communications.
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Back in 1998, Stanford students, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, released Google, an Internet search engine that dominated all other search engines. Nearly a decade later, Google is "the most valuable global brand," and also is the most visited Web site.
