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They first began the development of computers in the 1950s.
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The internet first started in 1957.
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Leonard Kleinrock at MIT published the first paper on packet switching theory in July 1961.
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It was the first recorded description of socual interactions that could enabled through networking a series of memos writtem by J.C.R. Licklider of MIT in August 1962.
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Kleinrock published the3 first book on the subject in 1964.
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The RAND group had written a paper on packet switching networks for secure voice in the military in 1964.
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In late 1966, Roberts went to PARPA to develop the computer network concept and quickly put together his plan for the " ARPANET".
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In 1976, Kleinrock published the first book on the ARPANET.
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Internet serfvice providers began to emerge in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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The Internet was commercialized in 1995 when NSFNET was decommissioned, removing the last restrictions on the use of the Internet to carry commercial traffic.