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