Internet

Internet History

  • First internet communication

    First internet communication

    The first two computers communicate using packet-switching technology.
    https://www.computerworld.com/article/2593382/networking-packet-switched-vs-circuit-switched-networks.html
  • First internet service provider

    First internet service provider

    (ISP) is born with the introduction of a commercial version of ARPANET, known as Telenet
  • Email

    Email

    Queen Elizabeth II hits the “send button” on her first email.
  • HTML

    HTML

    Tim Berners-Lee develops HyperText Markup Language
  • WWW

    WWW

    CERN introduces the World Wide Web to the public.
  • Netscape Communications is born

    Netscape Communications is born

    Microsoft creates a Web browser for Windows 95.
  • Yahoo!

    Yahoo!

    Yahoo! is created by Jerry Yang and David Filo
  • Online dating

    Online dating

    The first online dating site, Match.com, launches.
  • Google

    Google

    The Google search engine is born.
  • Youtube

    Youtube

    YouTube.com launches. The social news site Reddit is also founded.