History of the internet

Series of memos by J.C.R Licklider discusses his idea of a globally interconnected system.

1962

https://internethalloffame.org/inductees/jcr-licklider

1st network

1965

Lawrence Roberts created the first wide area computer network ever built

Computer Communication

1965

Two computers built that communicated with each other at MIT using packet-switching technology

IMP

1968

final version of the interface message processor is unveiled

Electronic Mail

1972

Electronic Mail was introduced

Dial Up connection and the term Internet was born

1973

https://decisiondata.org/internet/what-is-dial-up-internet/

Service Provider

1974

First internet service provider is born and is known as Telenet

Domain

1985

First domain is registered

Hosts and Router

1987

The number of hosts on the internet exceeds 20,000 and the first router is shipped

Tim Berners-Lee develops HTML

1990

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML

Audio and Video

1992

First audio and video are distributed through the internet

Website Explosion

1995

Websites that launched: Matched.com, Windows 95, Amazon, Yahoo, eBay, Internet Explorer, Java

Netflix

1997

Netflix was launched but was known as sending users movies on DVDs through the mail

GOOGLE

1998

Google is founded

WIFI

2001

The rise and proliferation of WIFI occurs

More apps

2003

MySpace, Skype, and Safari Web is launched

and more apps

2004

Facebook and Firefox appear

YouTube and Reddit launch

2005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRhTeaa_B98

Twitter

2006

Twitter launches

and more apps

2010

Pinterest and Instagram launch

Online Banking

2013

51% of the U.S. adults report banking online through a survey

Google Assistant, Siri, Alexa, and Cortana are born

2016

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29327988/