History of The Internet

By Purpleone
  • The Start

    The Start

    Success on U.S Satellite: Explorer 1, lead to further advancement in technology.

  • Advanced Research Projects Agency(ARPA)

    This packet network connected four computers. Was invented to help the government communicate within its own departments. This is the earliest internet.
  • New uses for the internet

    New uses for the internet

    E-mail was invented.
  • Personal computer use explosion

    Personal computer use explosion

    Academic and research networks merged.

  • The development of Hypertext

    Tim Berners-Lee developed hypertext server program code used on the web.

  • The World Wide Web

    Known as "www." ; is the first GUI program(mosaic) to read HTML. First web browser widely available for personal computers.
  • Netscape Communications Founded

    Netscape Communications Founded

    Microsoft: Internet explorer -most widely used at the time
    Mozilla Firefox: Netscape Navigator descendant
  • Portable internet

    Portable internet

    Nokia created a portable phone that had internet capabilities. This started a trend of the small portable devices that could connect you with people anywhere, anytime.
  • Period: to

    Growth

    185+ countries connected, 70,000 computer Networks