The History of the Internet

By jacky

  • The birth of the internet

  • People connected over a network such a email

  • Connection improved

  • Global network became real

  • Packets became mode of transfer

  • Network was used by many people

  • Email and telenet was developed

  • First multiuser dungoen

  • Launched enquire softwar known as www

  • The first emoticon

  • Arpanet computers switch over to TCP/IP

  • Desktop workstations

  • Domain Name System (DNS)

  • Protocol wars

  • The Internet grows

    30,000 hosts on the internet

  • Internet Relay Chat

    real-time chat

  • Worldwideweb protocols finished

  • First web page created

  • Netscape Navigator

  • Commercializaion of the internet

  • First web based service

  • The term Weblog is coined

  • Birth of google

  • Wikipedia was launched

  • VoIp goes mainstream

  • MySpace becomes most popular social network

  • Web 2.0

  • Social media and Digg

  • YouTube

  • Facebook opens to collage student

  • Twitter

  • The iphone and mobile web

  • Major move to place TV shows online

  • Internet Election

  • Internet based file sharing gets its roots