Historyoftheinternet

Important Developments in the History of the Internet

By rumezzo
  • Sputnik Launch

    Sputnik Launch

    The Russians'first successful launch of a satellite into space sent the United States into a flurry of Cold War concern. The fear of falling behind prompted the development of NASA and the Department of Defense's ARPA (Advanced Research Project Agency), which sought to find a safe secondary way to communicate in the event that phone service was attacked. Image source: Wikicommons, public domain
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    Imporant Events in the History of the Internet

  • First ARPAnet Message

    First ARPAnet Message

    First successful message sent through ARPAnet by UCLA student programmer, Charley Kline. Image source: wikicommons, public domain
  • Originial ARPAnext Established

    Originial ARPAnext Established

    Entire 4--node network established. Image source: Wikicommons, public domain
  • First E-mail Sent

    First E-mail Sent

    Computer engineer Ray Tomlinson sent himself several test e-mails, the first of which was likely "QWERTYIOP." The date of this is not specific, usually cited by Tomlinson as "late 1971." He later assigned the @ symbol as the locator in the e-mail address as well. Image source: wikicommons, public domain
  • First International ARPAnet Connections

    First International ARPAnet Connections

    First international connection with ARPAnet established in June 1973, largely to transmit seismic data. Image: Wikicommons, public domain

  • BITnet Founded

    BITnet
  • NSFnet Created

    NSFnet Created

    NSF created five super-computing centersat Princeton, Pitt, UCSD, UIUC, and Cornell, resulting in an explosion of connections. Image source: Wikicommons, public domain
  • Tim Berners Lee Creates World Wide Web

    Tim Berners Lee Creates World Wide Web

    On this date, Berners Lee released his proposal for the World Wide Web. The first site was launched in August 1991, in which he discussed what the Web was, and instructed others in making their own sites. Image source: Wikicommons, public domain

  • Mosaic Released

    Mosaic 0.5, the first internet browser, was released.
  • First Internet Service Provders

    First Internet Service Provders

    ISPs began offering internet access in 1995, including AOL, Compuserve and Prodigy. Image source: Wikicommons, public domain
  • Netscape Navigator Became Public Domain

    Netscape Navigator Became Public Domain

    Source code for Netscape Navigator browser released to the public. Image source: Wikicommons, public domain