History of internet

By UxueO

  • Development of electronic computers.

    1950

  • Packet switching networks such as ARPANET developed.

  • The network grows.

    Computers were connected to the ARPANET.

  • The NSF funded the establishment for national supercomputing centers at several universities.

  • Commercial Internet service providers began to emerge.

  • Beginning of the modern Internet.

  • Access to the ARPANET was expanded when the National Science Foundation funded the Computer Science Network.

    When the National Science Foundation funded the Computer Science Network.

  • The Internet protocol suite was introduced as the standard networking protocol on the ARPANET.

  • The ARPANET was decommissioned.

  • Has had a revolutionary impact on culture and commerce, including the rise of near-instant communication.

  • The Internet's takeover of the global communication landscape.

  • The chagrin of the Internet population.

    Deviant computer programmers begin designing viruses with greater frequency.

  • First meeting of the Internet Governance Forum.

  • NetMundial international Internet governance proposal.

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