Internet

Internet

By gmanjarvis
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    The history of the internet

  • The lanuch of sputnik

    The lanuch of sputnik

    1997 was the date when sputnik was lanuched in space from Russia soil. Russia sent "Sputnik 1"
  • First Packet Switch

    First Packet Switch

    On the 7th of April 1969, a small research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They discovered the first packet switch which is a system of networks, this is very useful because with packets switch`s you can send or communicate with other computers even if there was a problem trying to contact one way it will find another way round it.
  • The first Bulletin board was set up

    The first Bulletin board was set up

    On the 16 of february 1978, the first Bulletin board was set up, by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess.
  • The delopment of domain names.

    The delopment of domain names.

    On the 1st of January 1984, domain names were being used for the first time.
  • First Web Broswer

    First Web Broswer

    In 1993, the first ever web browser was leached and it was called Mosaic.
  • 45 million people using internet.

    45 million people using internet.

    In 1996, about 45 million people were using the exploing the internet, either for buiness reasons or just for fun.
  • 1.2 billion people world wide were useing the internet

    1.2 billion people world wide were useing the internet

    In 2007 the total people using the internet was 1.2 Billion