History of the Internet

By fanipack

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    USSR launches Sputnik, first artificial earth satellite.

  • Modem

    Modem
    Bell Labs Invents Modem

  • ARPA

    ARPA
    U.S. Government Creates ARPA

  • Packet Switching

    Packet Switching
    Packet-switching (PS) networks developed

  • First Network

    First Network
    Lawrence Roberts & Thomas Marill Create First Wide-area Network

  • Birth

    Birth
    Birth of the internet

  • Network

    Network
    People communicate over a network

  • TCP

    TCP
    Packets become mode of transfer

  • Email Invented

    Email Invented
    E-mail takes off, Internet becomes a reality

  • Communication

    Communication
    TCP/IP defines future communication

  • The growth

    The growth
    Growth of Internet Continues

  • Shopping

    Shopping
    Commercialisation of Internet Born

  • WWW.

    WWW.
    Friendly User Interface to WWW established

  • Mulimedia

    Mulimedia
    Multimedia changes the face of the Internet

  • Microsoft

    Microsoft
    Microsoft enter

  • Internet Phone

    Internet Phone
    Blackberry releases first internet cell phone in the United States

  • Youtube

    Youtube
    Youtube launches and now can watch any video on web

  • Social Media

    Social Media
    Facebook announces in February that it has 400 million active users