internet

internet timelne

Period: Jan 1, 1969 to Dec 31, 2006

arpanet

Apr 26, 1969

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
The first data exchange over this new network occurred between computers at UCLA and Stanford Research Institute. On their first attempt to log into Stanford's computer by typing "log win", UCLA researchers crashed their computer when they typed the letter 'g'.
Four computers were the first connected in the original ARPAnet. They were located in the respective computer research labs of UCLA (Honeywell DDP 516 computer), Stanford Research Institute (SDS

Newsgroups, bulletin boards

Apr 26, 1970

late 1970's

e-mail

Apr 26, 1971

International packet switched service

Apr 26, 1978

TCP/IP protocol, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Apr 26, 1983

Domain name addressing system

Apr 26, 1984

10,000 hosts

Apr 26, 1987

First commercial dialup

Apr 26, 1990

Search engines

Apr 26, 1990

World Wide Web, CERN

Apr 26, 1991

First widely used browser (Mosaic)

Apr 26, 1993

Word ‘Internet’ in daily use

Apr 26, 1996

10 million users

Apr 26, 1997

Dotcom bubble burst

Apr 26, 2000

Facebook

Apr 26, 2004

YouTube

Apr 26, 2005

Twitter

Apr 26, 2006