History of the Internet

By foulbachelorfrog

  • THE START OF THE INTERWEBS

    The USSR launches Sputnik, the first artificial earth satellite. In response, the United States forms the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) within the Department of Defense (DoD) to establish US lead in science and technology applicable to the military.

  • PAUL BARON BUILDS ON THE INTERWEBS

  • HONEYWELL COMPUTER TESTED ON

  • FIRST EMAIL PROGRAM IS CREATED.

  • TCP/IT

  • FIRST USE OF THE TERM INTERNET BY VINT CERF

  • DEVELOPMENT OF ETHERNET

  • Network is getting more popular.

  • First multiuser network.

  • CSNET Founded.

    1981
    National Science Foundation created backbone called CSNET 56 Kbps network for institutions without access to ARPANET. Vinton Cerf proposed a plan for an inter-network connection between CSNET and the ARPANET.

  • First emoticon evar

    :)

  • TCP/IP founded

    TCP/IP entirely replaced the original protocol which was NCP.

  • desktop workstations

  • MILNET

    MILNET FOUNDED. used for military purposes.

  • Domain name system (DNS)

  • T1 Lines founded.

    The National Science Foundation began deploying its new T1 lines, which would be finished by 1988.

  • IETF

    The Internet Engineering Task Force or IETF was created to serve as a forum for technical coordination by contractors for DARPA working on ARPANET, US Defense Data Network (DDN), and the Internet core gateway system.

  • Internet Relay Chat

  • First Web Page Created

  • Netscape Navigator

  • Youtube Founded

  • Twitter Founded,.

  • facebook founded

    faceboook is opened to a college student