History of the internet

BBN Technologies awarded the contract to build the network.

Apr 7, 1969

The the first message is sent using the arpanet

Oct 29, 1969

The first message was supposed to be login but the system crashed after LO

ARPAnet Goes online

Dec 5, 1969

4 research and development universities connected

Email Invented

Period: Jan 1, 1972 to Dec 31, 1972

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is designed and it becomes the standard for communicating between computers over the Internet

Period: Jan 1, 1973 to Dec 1, 1937

Queen Elizabeth sends her first email.

Period: Jan 1, 1976 to Dec 31, 1976

The word “Internet” is starting to be used

Period: Jan 1, 1982 to Oct 31, 1982

Domain Name System (DNS) is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu.

Period: Jan 1, 1984 to Dec 31, 1984

A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers.

Period: Jan 1, 1988 to Dec 31, 1988

Tim Berners-Lee develops a new technique for distributing information on the Internet. He calls it the World Wide Web.

Period: Jan 1, 1989 to Dec 31, 1989

The White House launches its website, www.whitehouse.gov.

Period: Jan 1, 1994 to Dec 31, 1944

Sun Microsystems releases the Internet programming language called Java.

Period: Mar 1, 1995 to Mar 31, 1995

Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet. 43.2 million (44%) U.S. households own a personal computer, and 14 million of them are online.

Period: Jan 1, 1996 to Dec 31, 1996

Google opens its first office, in California.

Period: Jan 1, 1998 to Dec 31, 1998

“E-commerce” becomes the new buzzword as Internet shopping rapidly spreads. The number of Internet users worldwide reaches 150 million by the beginning of 1999.

Period: Jan 1, 1999 to Dec 31, 1999

To the chagrin of the Internet population, deviant computer programmers begin designing and circulating viruses with greater frequency. Millennium Bug

Period: Jan 1, 2000 to Dec 31, 2000