The History of the Internet

Development of the first electronic computers.

Jan 1, 1950

Development of the first electronic computers started in the 1950s, it was concocted by the military.

ARPANET

Nov 21, 1969

The ARPANET was the first network to connect a series of computers, it was private. Sort of like a prototype.

First Message sent

Dec 5, 1969

THE NETWORK GROWS

Sep 16, 1979

By the end of the 1970s Vinton Cerf developed a way for all of the computers on all of the world’s mini-networks to communicate with one another.

DNS

Sep 17, 1984

Domain Name System is established.

The World

Sep 17, 1989

The World debuts as the first provider of dial-up internet access for consumers.

THE WORLD WIDE WEB

Sep 16, 1991

In 1991 the Internet changed again a computer programmer in Switzerland named Tim Berners-Lee introduced the World Wide Web, an Internet that was not simply a way to send files from one place to another but was itself a “web” of information that anyone on the Internet could retrieve.

Mosaic

Sep 16, 1992

In 1992, a group of students and researchers at the University of Illinois developed a sophisticated browser that they called Mosaic.

Hotmail

Sep 17, 1996

Hotmail becomes the most popular email service provider.

Netflix

Sep 17, 1997

Netflix is founded and will soon become a huge site with thousands of movies and series.

Google

Sep 4, 1998

Google is created and is soon to become the biggest search engine in the world.

Napster

Jun 17, 1999

Napster allows for free download of music and opened up a huge market for underground music downloading on the internet.

Facebook

Feb 4, 2004

Facebook is created and will soon become the largest social media website in the world and the most used site in the world.

Youtube

Feb 14, 2005

Youtube revolutionizes the video-sharing community on the internet.

Twitter

Mar 26, 2006

Twitter is created and will soon be one the biggest social media sites and the most popular way of people with a fanbase to connect with their fans