History of the Internet

By Daniel Mikac

  • Computers first made

    Around world war 2 computers were first made but at the time they were only really used for really hard math problems and things like that

  • ARPANET

    Arpanet, the first computer network was created

  • DNS

    DNS was created. It is known as the "phonebook of the internet" and it made contacting people a lot easier

  • ISP's

    Internet service providers were made but at the time it was only really used by computer scientists

  • NSFNET

    Nsfnet ends up replacing Arpanet
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    Growth of the internet

    Many companies start making websites and they start to get a lot of attention

  • Creation of the web

    With the help of hypertext and hyperlinks the web was first made
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    GeoCities

    GeoCities was a service that would let people make their own websites and it has lead to some of the biggest websites that we still use today!

  • NSFNET's goodbye

    Nsfnet shuts down and Internet service providers take over