History Of The Internet

  • Telegraph

    Telegraph

    Revolutionised human (tele)communications. Morse Code a series of dots and dashes used to communicate between humans. This is not a million miles away from how computers communicate today.
  • Transatlantic Cable

    Transatlantic Cable

    Allowed people to communicate between the Atlantic Ocean
  • Telephone

    Telephone

    Telephones exchanges provide the backbone of Internet connections today.
  • USSR launches Sputnik

    First earth satellite ever
  • Internet Created

    The first internet was created in 1969
  • -- People communicate over a network

    APRANET and email were created
  • Computers can connect more freely and easily

    ARPANET demonstaration and telenet created
  • Global Networking Created

    First international connections to the ARPANET: University College of London (England) and Royal Radar Establishment (Norway) and the creation of the Ethernet (still used today)
  • Queen Elizabeth sends out an e-mail.

    Queen Elizabeth sends out an e-mail.

    Wueen Elizabeth and other government officials are starting to use technology more
  • E-mail takes off

    E-mail takes off

    Number of hosts breaks 100
  • USENET was made

    Still used today
  • Growth of Internet Continues

    Number of hosts breaks 1,000
  • Large growth in Internet

    Hosts breaks 100,000
  • Wide Area Information Servers

    Were created and still used today
  • Microsoft Created

    Microsoft Created

    With over 12.8 million hosts
  • Google Was Created

    Google Was Created

  • Internet Celebrates 30th Anniversary

    Internet Celebrates 30th Anniversary

  • Wikipedia Invented

    Wikipedia Invented

  • Facebook Created

    Facebook Created

    In Cambridge
  • Youtube was Created

    Youtube was Created

  • Twitter And Facebook Helps Communication For Revolts

    Twitter And Facebook Helps Communication For Revolts

    Twitter and Facebook are the primary means of communication for the Middle East revolts.

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