Development of the Internet

  • ARPANET

    ARPANET
    ARPANET stands for 'Advanced Research Projects Agency Networks. It was the very first operational network which was funded by ARPA. ARPA was initially found in the Department of Defense for the use in projects within university and laboratories around the United States.
  • Newsgroups and Bulletin Boards

    Newsgroups and Bulletin Boards
    This is where people are able to uplad any documents/files in which other people are able to view them. Also. people were also able to hold conversations.
  • Email

    Email
    Electronic Mail, commonly known as Email is a way to send digital message via the internet.
  • International Packet Switched Service

    The international packet switch service was the United Kingdon General Post Office as well as United States Tymnet. The network grew from UK and US to multiple countries around the world varying from Canada to Australia.
  • TCP/IP Protocol

    TCP/IP Protocol
    TCP is used to transmit data from a network. It is responsible for being able to break data down into IP packets.
    IP is used in which communication between computers. It is responsible for sending and receiving packets on the internet.
  • Domain name addressing system

    Domain name addressing system
    It is a distributed naming system which provides computers, services or other devices which can connect to the internet.
  • First Commercial Dialup

    First Commercial Dialup
    Involving the global computing network which allows everyone to access the internet from anywhere around the world.
  • Search Engines

    Search Engines
    A search Engine is a software code which allows a user to browse the web with anything text that they have entered into the search bar.
  • World Wide Web, CERN

    World Wide Web, CERN
    World Wide Web (WWW) is a systme that invloves interlinked documents to be acceessed on the internet. By using a web browser, users can access web pages which may contain text, images, videos or other multimedia elements.
  • First, Widely used Browser

    First, Widely used Browser
    NSCA Mosaic was the first web browser. The programming team then created the first ever commercial web browser which was Netscape Navigator.
  • Word 'Internet' in Daily Use

    Word 'Internet' in Daily Use
    In 1996, the usage of the word 'Internet' had become commonplace. This in consequence had its use as a 'SYNECDOCHE' which in reference to the previous name of 'World Wide Web'.
  • 10 MILLION USERS!!!

    In the year of 1997, the growth of the internet was widely used by all people on the globe. In this tear, there have been over 10 million users that had access to the internet.
  • Dotcom Bubble Burst

    Dotcom Bubble Burst
    The Dot-Com Bubble was an historic speculitive. During this time, the stock markets in the industrial nations was able to view their equity value to rise. At the same time, the boom and bust cycle also known as the 'Internet boom' can be sometimes referred tosteady commercial growth of the World Wide Web.
  • NOW

    NOW
    Almost everyone on the planet has access to the internet. They are able to use Wiki's, Blogs, Social Networking, Online Gaming. There are a lot of places in which people can now interact between other people.