The Creation Of The Internet By caitlin_22 Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Jun 1, 2010 Creation Of Internet Jan 1, 1958 ARPA or wide area network approved Jun 4, 1958 First network experiment, two computers talked to each other using packet switching technology Jan 1, 1962 First paper written on the 'internet concept' Jun 4, 1976 Apple computer founded Jun 4, 1976 Queen Elizabeth's II sends out an e-mail Jun 4, 1981 IBM announces it's first personal computer Jun 4, 1983 'Cisco' systems founded Jun 4, 1984 Apple computers introduce the first Macintosh on 24th January Jun 4, 1984 'Cyberspace' was coined Jun 4, 1985 Symbolic.com becomes the first registered domain on the internet Jun 4, 1986 5,000 hosts on the internet Jun 4, 1987 25 millions PCs sold in the U.S Jun 4, 1987 10,000 hosts on the internet Jun 7, 1988 The first internet worm is unleashed by Robert Morris. It infects 6000 computers Jun 4, 1989 100,000 hosts on the internet Jun 7, 1989 Google arrives, it's simple design is soothing whilst existing search engines cram their space with adverts Jun 7, 1994 Jerry and Davids guide to the World Wide Web is renamed, Yahoo! Jun 4, 1995 Windows 95 released Jun 4, 2000 The internet has 20 000 000 websites on the internet Jun 7, 2004 Photo charing website Flickr is born Jun 7, 2004 As broadband becomes more popular people start to sell music and video online Jun 4, 2005 Youtube launches Jun 4, 2006 There is an estimated 92 million websites on the web Jun 7, 2006 Twitter is created Jun 4, 2007 Apple surpasses one billion downloads for itunes Jun 4, 2007 1.114 people using the internet Jun 7, 2008 Google's 10th birthday Feb 1, 2010 Facebook announces that it has 400 million active members
