History of the Internet

By Dekine

  • First paper on packet-switching theory

    Leonard Kleinrock publishes "Information Flow in Large Communication Nets" leading the development of the internet.

  • Birth of ARPANET

  • First node diagram of ARPANET

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    Updated node diagrams

  • First Email Sent

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    National Science Foundation led to new technologies in networking

  • World Wide Web

    First Web browser

  • W3C developed

    Company based on World Wide Web

  • First version of Internet Explorer

  • First large Internet Service Providers open to public

  • ICANN established

    Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

  • First direct link to the International Space Station

    Astronaut T.J. Creamer sends a tweet.

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