History of the Internet

By 2017sbrown@hacschool.org

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    The internet was invented
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    History of the internet

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    The first universal standard for computers, ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Exchange) is developed

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    Robert Taylor initiates the ARPAnet project, the foundation for today’s Internet.

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    Dr. Howard Frank co-writes the proposal that wins the contract to design the network structure for the ARPAnet.

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    Fifteen nodes (23 hosts) comprise the IMP network.

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    The ARPANET geographical map now shows 61 nodes. Licklider arranges its administration to be turned over to the Defense Communications Agency (DCA). BBN remains the contractor responsible for network operations. BBN agrees to release the source code for IMPs and TIPs.

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    The appearance of the first very small computers and their potential for communication via modem to dial up services starts a boom in a new set of niche industries, like software and modems.

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    Danny Cohen adapts the visual simulator to run over the ARPAnet, the first application of packet- switching networks to real-time applications.

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    Introduces the Apple Macintosh computer, which utilizes a graphical user interface instead of needing to type in commands.

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    IBM introduces the PS/2 personal computer that has improved graphics, a 3.5-inch diskette drive, and proprietary bus to help prevent clone makers competition, and a bidirectional 8-bit port.

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    Tim Berners-Lee successfully sets up the first web server at info.cern.ch on December 25, 1990.

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    The NCSA releases the Mosaic browser April 22, 1993.

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    The first CSS specification, CSS 1, is published by the W3C in December 1996.

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    The first Wiki is introduced with WikiWikiWeb on March 25, 1999.

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    PayPal is acquired by eBay on October 3, 2002.

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    YouTube is founded and comes online February 15, 2005.

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    T-Mobile's G1 phone (HTC Dream) is the first phone to be released with Google Android 1.0 on September 23, 2008.

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    The first Chromebooks with Chrome OS begin shipping on June 15, 2011.

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    Satya Nadella takes over as Microsoft CEO on February 4, 2014.

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    Dish Network introduces Sling TV in January of 2015.