History of the Internet

By madisonsumners
  • A scientist developed the concepts of computer-network and the ARPANET.

    A scientist developed the concepts of computer-network and the ARPANET.

    Lawrence G. Roberts (scientist), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
  • Networks managed by interconnected Interface Message Processors evolving into routers

    Networks managed by interconnected Interface Message Processors evolving into routers

     Wesley Clark
  • Nodes were installed and the first message was ”LO” attempting to be “LOGIN” but the system crashed

    Nodes were installed and the first message was ”LO” attempting to be “LOGIN” but the system crashed

     Charles Kline,  UCLA, Stanford Research Institute, UC Santa Barbara and U of Utah
  •  Network emailing

     Network emailing

    Ray Tomlinson
  •  First Internet address registry- administers IP addresses and other Internet functions

     First Internet address registry- administers IP addresses and other Internet functions

    Jon Pastel,  Information Science Institute
  •  Ethernet Invented

     Ethernet Invented

    Bob Metcalfe, Xerox Parc
  •  First International ARPAnet Link

     First International ARPAnet Link

    UC of London via NORSAR (Norway)
  •  Yellow and White page serves developed/Domain naming schemes

     Yellow and White page serves developed/Domain naming schemes

    Elizabeth Feinfer, SIR International’s Netwok Information Center
  •  The term “Internet” is coined

     The term “Internet” is coined

    Vint Cerf Robert Kahn
  •  First Internet connection in Asia

     First Internet connection in Asia

    Kilnam Chon, Keion University

  • First email in Germany from the US in August

    Werner Zorn
  •  First US research Education Network developed- support research and higher edu

     First US research Education Network developed- support research and higher edu

    Dr. Stephen Wolf, NSFNET
  •  World Wide Web is created

     World Wide Web is created

     Time Berners-Lee, CERN, European Physical Laboratory
  • First Internet Publishing System- first to index a lot of data and make it searchable (WAIS)

    First Internet Publishing System- first to index a lot of data and make it searchable (WAIS)

    Brewster Kahle
  •  Gore Bill created and allocated $600 million for high performance computing, helps create the National Research and Educational Network.

     Gore Bill created and allocated $600 million for high performance computing, helps create the National Research and Educational Network.

    Al Gore, White House, Congress

  • World Wide Web is made available to the public for first time on Internet

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8hzJxb0rpc
  • MP3 is developed. (extension file for audio format)

    MP3 is developed. (extension file for audio format)

     Brandenburg and team
  •  “Weblog” was coined

     “Weblog” was coined

    Jorn Barger/Peter Merholz
  • Wikipedia

    Wikipedia

     Larry Sanger / Jimmy Wales
  • Social Networking was created as we know it today (Friendster)

    Social Networking was created as we know it today (Friendster)

    Johnathan Abrams and Peter Chin

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