Internet Timeline

  • First prototype of the modem/ enhancement of the modem.

    First prototype of the modem/ enhancement of the modem.
    In 1962 Bell Labs creates the prototype for the modem in 1958. The first commercial modem was administered in 1962, which was released by AT&T. It could reach speeds up to 300 bps (baud). This invention allowed people to communicate through early computers.
  • The Creation of ARPA

    The Creation of ARPA
    ARPA a.k.a the Advanced Research Projects Agency is created by the United States government in response to the Sputnik Launch. After the U.S. realized the U.S.S.R. could utilize space for their military.
  • FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

    FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
    In 1971 FTP was designed, it was created before TCP and IP existed. TCP a.k.a the Transmission Control Protocol was one of the first networking protocols defined during its development, as well as (IP) Internet Protocol.
  • Ethernet

    Ethernet
    Bob Metcalfe wrote a report about Ethernet, describing this network system as interconnected, advanced workstations for computers. This made sending information to other high-speed laser printers reality. He then moved his work to the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, also known as PARC. Located in California.
  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web
    Tim Beners-Lee , an English scientist was the creator of the World Wide Web in 1989. While employed in Switzerland at CERN, he wrote the first web browser computer program in 1990.
  • Amazon

    Amazon
    Amazon was founded in 1994, it's actual name is Amazon.com, Inc.but it is referred to as Amazon. This American electronic commerce and cloud computing company has been around longer than a lot of people think. Its headquarters are located in Seattle, Washington.
  • Java

    Java
    James Gosling was the original developer of Java. He did his work at Sun Microsystems. Sun Microsystems is now owned by Oracle Corporation. Gosling's work was released in 1995 as a fundamental element of the Java platform by Sun Microsystems'.
  • Creation of Google

    Creation of Google
    Google's domain was registered in mid-September. Around the same time the following year Google' company is formally incorporated in Menlo Park, California. Google's first patent was opfficially filed on the 31 of August in 1999.
  • 9GAG

    9GAG
    9GAG is social media website that allows users to contribute and share their own individual content with others. Which could be from alternative websites, as well as a discrete creation. Since this websites release in April it has grown to be more popular. It was founded by Ray Chan, in Hong Kong.
  • Facebook

    Facebook
    Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and a few of his peers. Facebook is a for-profit organization which means it shows ads for other corporations in order to make a profit. It is an online social networking and media service.