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Lawrence G. Roberts developed the concepts of computer network and the ARPNET
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Key Events In Internet History
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The internetworking group (INWG) introduces network email
designed by Ray Tomlinson of BBN -
Logging onto a remote computer was published as a request for comments via RFC which are means of sharing developmental work throughout the community
developed by Ray Tomlinson of BBN -
FTP protocol enabled file transfers between internet sites
developed by Ray Tomlinson -
The first Internet Service Provider (ISP) is born, a commercial version of ARPANET (Telenet)
developed by Ray Tomlinson -
First email sent by "average joe"
Send by Queen Elizabeth II -
First local area connection network established connecting distant workstations
developed by CSNET -
The DNS establishes the familiar file naming system (.edu, .gov, .com, .org)
developed by DARPA -
"Cyberspace" is worded
coined by William Gibson in book "Neuromancer" -
Supercomputer centers are connected at 56k bits per second, effectively expanding the Internet throughout the United States (speed of dial up internet)
developed by NSFNET -
First commercial provider of dial up is established
licensed & sold by World.Std -
HyperText Markup Language is developed
by Tim Berners-Lee of CERN -
WWW is introduced to public
by CERN -
“Surfing the web” becomes popular as the first audio & video are distributed over the web
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Yahoo! A search engine was created
by Jerry Yang & David Filo -
Napster, a peer to peer file sharing service is introduced to the worl
created by Shawn Fanning & Sean Parker -
Web Blogs were coined stemming from Links.net in 1994 by Justin Hall
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Facebook was developed & published to world
coined by Mark Z. -
President Obama’s administration halts bill that would require internet service providers to police copyrighted content.
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NSA contractor reveals they have a monitoring program capable of tapping the communications of thousands of people including U.S. citizens
news leaked by Edward Snowden
