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First packet-switching papers.
Packet switrching is network comunications done by sending data in blocks known as packets -
The Merit Network was founded.
THe Merit Network is a non-profit organisation and was created to invesatigate resourse sharing by conecting mainframe computers. -
Planing for ARPANET begun
ARPANET (Advanced Resource Project Agency Network) was an early packet switching company. -
ARPANET carries its first packets
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Network Information Center (NIC)
The NIC was the internet gouvenred body primarly responcible for domain names. -
Merit Network becomes operational
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Tymnet was created
Tymnet was a international data comunications network with the purpose of conecting host computers (servers). -
The Internet Assigned Numbers Athority was established
The INA was made with the purpose of overseeing IP adresses. -
CYCLAEDS demonstrated
CYCLADES were the first to make the host reliable for data transfer efforts. -
X.25 protocall aproved
The X.25 is a ITU-T standard protocall sweet for packet switching wide area network. -
Mintel introduced
The Mintel was aVideotex online service accessible through telephone lines. -
Ethernet standard introduced
Ethernet is a family of copmputer networking technologies for both local area networks and metropolian area networks. -
BITNET established
BITNET is a co-operative U.S. univercity network. -
TCP/IP protocal suit formalized
The Internet protocol suite is the computer networking model and set of communications protocols used on the Internet. -
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard for electronic mail (email) transmission -
Doman Name System
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet. -
MILNET was made out of ARPANET
Milnet was made for military reason and was split off of ARPANET. -
First .com name registered
This was done by symbolics.com -
UUNET Founded
UUNET was one of the largest Internet service providers and one of the early Tier 1 networks. -
Border Gateway Protocol
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a standardized exterior gateway protocol designed to exchange routing and reachability information. -
ARPANET Decomitioned
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Archie search engine
Archie is a tool for indexing FTP archives, allowing people to find specific files. It is considered to be the first Internet search engine. -
World Wide Web (WWW)
he World Wide Web (WWW) is an open source information space where documents and other web resources are identified by URLs, interlinked by hypertext links. -
Mosaic Web Browser
It has been credited with popularizing the World Wide Web. -
Full text search engines
A web search engine is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web.