Internet

History of the Internet

By Tswint99

  • Douglas Englebart invents the computer mouse

  • Arpanet is commisioned!

  • E-Mail is invented by Ray Tomlinson.

  • Liquid Crystal Display(LCD) is created by James Fergason.

  • Intel introduces the first microproccessor

  • The Xerox Alto landmarks in the creation of personal computers.

  • Microsoft is founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen

  • Altair produces the first portable computer

  • Apple is founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve jobs

  • Apple II is the first computer with color graphics

  • The first magnetic tape is invented

  • Over 1 million computers are in use in the United States!

  • SImple Mail Transfer Protocol is introduced

  • More than 10 million computers are used in the U.S

  • Domain names such as".com,.net,.org, and .mil" are patented

  • William Gibson coins the word cyberspace

  • The Internet is being worked on.

  • The internet is published for everyone.

  • Only 50 WWW servers are known to exist

  • Yahoo is created!

  • JAVA is introduced

  • Google is founded

  • Approxiamately 1 billion PC have been sold

  • Youtube is created

  • Over 92 million websites on the web