History of the Internet

First Network Experiment

Oct 29, 1965

: Directed by Larry Roberts at MIT Lincoln Lab, two computers talked to each other using packet-switching technology.

ARPA project begins

Dec 30, 1966

Larry Roberts is chief scientist.

First ARPANet node installed at UCLA Network Measurement Center

Sep 1, 1969

Kleinrock hooked up the Interface Message Processor to a Sigma 7 Computer.

Second node installed at Stanford Research Institute

Oct 30, 1969

connected to a SDS 940 computer. The first ARPANet message sent: "lo." Trying to spell log-in, but the system crashed!

First basic e-mail programs

Mar 30, 1972

written by Ray Tomlinson at BBN for ARPANET: SNDMSG and READMAIL. "@" sign chosen for its "at" meaning.

Apple Computer founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

Mar 30, 1976

IBM announces its first Personal Computer. Microsoft creates DOS.

Jan 30, 1981

Domain Name System (DNS) designed

Nov 30, 1983

by Jon Postel, Paul Mockapetris, and Craig Partridge. .edu, .gov, .com, .mil, .org, .net, and .int created.

Apple Computer introduces the Macintosh

Jan 24, 1984

Microsoft licenses technology

Dec 30, 1994

Microsoft licenses technology from Spyglass to create Web browser for Windows 95.

Sun Microsystems releases Java.

Jan 30, 1995