History of the Internet

  • WAN

    WAN

    The first wide area network is created. Thomas Merril and Lawrence G. Roberts use telephone lines to link computers across great distances
  • Ethernet

    Ethernet

    Ethernet was created by Robert Metcalfe. This permitted local area network connections between computers, which has a significant impact on networking technology.
  • NSFNET

    NSFNET

    NSFNET was created by the National Science Foundation. It was a fast network that connects research and academic organizations.
  • WWW Virtual Library

    WWW Virtual Library

    The first search engine was launched by Tim Berners-Lee. It was called WWW Virtual Library.
  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web, a system that would enable information sharing via the internet via hyperlinks and webpages, is proposed by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee.
    https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web
  • First Website

    First Website

    The first website is launched by Berners-Lee. It was info.cern.ch.
  • Netscape Communications

    Netscape Communications

    Netscape Communications is founded. It offered the Netscape Navigator browser which made the internet more popular.
  • Match.com

    Match.com

    The first online dating site is created, match.com.
  • Amazon

    Amazon

    Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos. It was the first e-commerce website.
  • Google

    Google

    Larry Page and Sergey Brin established Google, whose algorithm completely changed internet search.
  • Wikipedia

    Wikipedia

    Wikipedia was created. This enabled users to work together to develop and edit articles.
  • Facebook

    Facebook

    Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg and a few of his friends from college.
    https://www.thoughtco.com/who-invented-facebook-1991791
  • Youtube

    Youtube

    Youtube was created.
  • Twitter

    Twitter

    Twitter was created. Jack Dorsey was the company's founder.
  • iPhone

    iPhone

    The first of many iPhones is released.
  • Google Chrome

    Google Chrome

    Google Chrome is created, a very fast web browser.
  • Bitcoin

    Bitcoin

    Bitcoin is created which first introduced cryptocurrency.
  • Instagram

    Instagram

  • ChatGPT

    ChatGPT

    Chatgpt was first introduced. It was created by a group of 10 people. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/who-invented-chatgpt/
  • 5G Network

    5G Network

    5G networks are created which made faster internet speeds.