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The history of the Internet begins with the development of electronic computers.
The history of the Internet begins with the development of electronic computers in the 1950s. -
The US Department of Defense awarded contracts as early as the 1960s for packet network systems
The US Department of Defense awarded contracts as early as the 1960s for packet network systems -
Packet switching networks such as ARPANET, NPL network, CYCLADES, Merit Network, Tymnet, and Telenet, were developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s using a variety of communications protocols.
Packet switching networks such as ARPANET, NPL network, CYCLADES, Merit Network, Tymnet, and Telenet, were developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s using a variety of communications protocols. -
Access to the ARPANET was expanded in 1981 when the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the Computer Science Network (CSNET)
Access to the ARPANET was expanded in 1981 when the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the Computer Science Network (CSNET) -
In 1982, the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) was introduced as the standard networking protocol on the ARPANET.
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provided interconnectivity in 1986 with the NSFNET project, which also created network access to the supercomputer sites in the United States from research and education organizations
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The ARPANET was decommissioned in 1990.
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. Limited private connections to parts of the Internet by officially commercial entities emerged in several American cities by late 1989 and 1990
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The Internet's takeover of the global communication landscape was almost instant in historical terms: it only communicated 1% of the information flowing through two-way telecommunications networks in the year 1993
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the NSFNET was decommissioned in 1995, removing the last restrictions on the use of the Internet to carry commercial traffic.