The Creation of the Internet

Birth of the Internet

1969

Created as a way to help research labs communicate.

First Email Sent

1971

First email was sent by Ray Tomlinson.

First Home Computer -- Macintosh

1984

Produced By Apple
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Tim Berners-Lee

1989

Created the Web while at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory.
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ISPs Began to Offer Services

1992

Offered services to commercial businesses to connect to government and academic communication.

First Web Browser

1993

"WorldWideWeb as" was the first browser in 1990 then was later named "Nexus" in 1993 due to confusion.

Microsoft Releases First Version of Internet Explorer

1995

ICANN Established

1998

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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