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PRE INTERNET
Computers were big and lonely
There were no networks
Ethernet had NOT been invented
Computers were isolated to inner company business SO WHY INTERNET:
Great potential for computers to share information of reserach and development in scientific and military fields. -
Global Network Created
JC R Licklider of MIT first proposed a global network of computers and moved over to Defensive Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Packet swtiching developed and was used to form the basic of internet connections -
Dial Up Connection Successful in US
Lawrence Roberts of MIT connected a computer in Massachusetts with one in California over dial up telephone lines. It showed the ability of wide area networking. -
Fun Fact
In an attempt to create new system ARPANET, Charlie Klein at UCLA crashed the system as he reached the "G" in log in -
ARPANET
ARPANET (Advanced Research Project Agency) plan (the previous form of Internet) initially connected four major computers at universities: UCLA, STANFORD, UC SANTA BARBARA, and UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. BBN of Cambridge MASS worked in conjunction to go online in December of 1969. -
Email Emerges and Protocols Created
The internet was now available for internet discussion and two protocols were developed: TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol) and IP (Internet Protocol) -
Ethernet invented
Ethernet is invented at XEROX PARC -
Domain Names Created
A domain-name service was developed, allowing the organization and classification of the world's online sites. This address system still exists today; for example, .com, .org, .edu. More continue to be added. -
Internet /Email Use Growing but Limited
Internet and email being used daily across communities; however, interconnection between different systemts was lacking. -
Internet Archiving
Peter Deutsch and associates create the first archiver named ARCHIE at McGill University in Montreal. -
WWW Developed
Tim Berners-Lee develops protocol for information distribution using hypertext...otherwise known as the World Wide Web -
MOSAIC
First browser software created by Marc Anderssen -
Email Servers to Commercial Subscribers
Servers such as AOL, Compuserve, and Prodigy become avaliable to the average consumer to allow for email communication. -
Fun Fact
45 million people using the internet -
Fun Fact
150 million people using the internet.
More than 1/2 in the US. -
Fun Fact
407 million worldwide using the internet -
Fun Fact
63 million domains registered worldwide -
New Network Being Developed
The GENI network currently being developed with a focus on network security.
