Internet image

History of the Internet

  • First Programmable Mechanical Computer

    First Programmable Mechanical Computer

    Designed by Charles Babbage
  • Creation of the Dewey Decimal System

    Creation of the Dewey Decimal System

    The Dewey Decimal System is a classification system created to collect, organize, and share information of the world in a comprehensive document center (Chayko, 2020).
  • George Devol creates 'Unimate'

    George Devol creates 'Unimate'

    The first digitally operated and programmed robot, which was named 'Unimate', was created and utilized on a New Jersey Assembly Line (Chayko, 2020). https://youtu.be/-Xl2c91pWGc
  • Creation of the first desk-sized programmable computers

    Creation of the first desk-sized programmable computers

    Created by IBM and Hewlett-Packard and mainly used for scientific and research purposes.
  • First Mobile Phone

    First Mobile Phone

    The first mobile phone was created by Martin Cooper, and weighed two pounds and had a battery life of 20 minutes (Chayko, 2020).
  • Apple computers are created

    Apple computers are created

    Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create the first Apple computer in Steve Job's garage (Chayko, 2020).
  • Rise of 'Darknets'

    Rise of 'Darknets'

    Within the 1980s 'Darknets' began to arise which were secretive sites that often included illegal activities, and does not appear in search engines. Instead, users must manually enter the URL (Chayko, 2020).
  • World Wide Web is created

    World Wide Web is created

    Tim Berners-Lee develops the World Wide Web (WWW), which is a collection of documents linked together through a system named hypertext (Chayko, 2020).
  • Web Technology Made Free

    Web Technology Made Free

    Berners-Lee was determined to make the internet decentralized and free to any particular organization. It was made free by CERN (Chayko, 2020).
  • The First Blog

    The First Blog

    Justin Hall created the first blog, in which he posted online about his life on links.net which is still active today. Justin Hall's Twitter where he has hyperlinks to his original blog website- https://twitter.com/jah
  • Development of Amazon

    Development of Amazon

    Specialty service that was introduced to the internet for consumers (Chayko, 2020).
  • Telecommunications Act of 1996

    Telecommunications Act of 1996

    This act was passed and called for all US classrooms, libraries, and hospitals to be connected to the internet (Chayko, 2020). A PDF version of the official Act- https://transition.fcc.gov/Reports/tcom1996.pdf
  • Google

    Google

    Although developed in the mid-1990s, it did not become available to the public until late 1997. The development of Google revolutionized web searching (Chayko, 2020). Interview with Larry Page and Sergey Brin (founders of Google)- https://youtu.be/ZntsbxyDrFw
  • Evolution of Cell Phones

    Evolution of Cell Phones

    In the early 2000s, cell phones became smaller and more affordable, and had the ability to be used as mini entertainment centers and information centers. People could now text message and web browse as well (Chayko, 2020).
  • Wikipedia

    Wikipedia

    Wikipedia was created which is still used today by over 20 million users.
  • iTunes

    iTunes

    Between the development of iTunes and Youtube (2005), a culture of music was introduced to the internet and digital media (Chayko, 2020).
  • Launch of Myspace

    Launch of Myspace

    Myspace was launched which drew towards music and bands particularly, and enabled people to connect with others based on their interests and preferences (Chayko, 2020).
  • Creation of Facebook

    Creation of Facebook

    Facebook was created originally as a Harvard-only site, but eventually spread to other colleges and high schools in 2005. It then moved forward to become the world's largest social networking site (Chayko, 2020).
  • Netflix and Hulu

    Netflix and Hulu

    Both streaming services were created in 2007 and has had great success (Chayko, 2020).
  • Instagram Was Released

    Instagram Was Released

    The first Instagram post by Kevin Systrom, the creator of Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/C/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link