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ARPANET was the first real network to run on packet switching.
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A network was created between Harvard, MIT and BBN.
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The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson, as well as being developed by him.
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Michael Hart gained access to a large amount of computing time, and with this tried to make books available online.
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A proposal came around suggesting that ARPANET be put into an inter-network which would have no central control.
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The first modern email client was introduced by John Vittal, adding the functions to forward and reply.
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The first modem was developed by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington. It was sold to computer hobbyists.
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First form of multiplayer games were developed, being in a text based adventure.
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The first internet-based discussion system was created, allowing for people to communicate about various topics from around the world.
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CERN launched ENQUIRE that allowed the scientists to keep track of things using hyperlinks.
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The computers at ARPANET switched to TCP/IP.
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The domain name system was created and had the first DNS. It ade addresses more user friendly.
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This allowed for real time talking.
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The first internet worm was released and caused disruptions on many computers.
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The World Wide Web was thought about, and had many points for creation.
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The first internet protocols are complete, being HTML, HTTP and URLs.
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It explained what the World Wide Web was.
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First Web Browser that was designed for user interface and to be graphical was released.
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The first email service was launched
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Google was released, allowing for people to search instead of using URLs.
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Web 2.0 programs are developed, allowing for more interactivity on the internet.
