The History of the Internet

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  • The first comercially produced computer, the ERA 1101

    The first comercially produced computer, the ERA 1101

  • Direct Keyboard input to computers

    Direct Keyboard input to computers

  • SAGE Air defense system

    SAGE Air defense system

    SAGE air defense system decteded nuclear bombers, 23 computers were placed across central American, and this system was developed in 1958.

  • Funding research for the internet

    The department of defense funded resarch for universities to research a way to connect their separate computers for fear of a nuclear attack.

  • First packet switching papers

  • Planning for the first network done by ARPANET

    Planning for the first network done by ARPANET

    Leonard Kleinrock convinced ARPA to use packet switching to send information.

  • Educational Resarch

    Students began to use the internet to reseach information
  • Email

    Email

    Email, one character messages were sent using the internet.

  • TCP/IP

    TCP/IP linked networks together with no central control

  • The usernet is developed

    An internet disscusion board was created by two college students

  • Multi user domains

    Games with multiple players played across countries and large areas became popular using the internet.
  • The first emotion

    The first emotion

  • Proposal for the world wide web

  • ARPANET was decomissioned

  • The world wide web was created

    The world wide web was created

    This system enabled computers all around the world to interact on one large network.

  • 1% of infromation was communicated via internet

  • Amazon.com was created

    Amazon.com was created

  • 51% of information was communticated via internet

  • web 2.0

    web 2.0

  • Facebook is created

    Facebook is created

  • 93% of information is communicated over the internet

  • The terabyte was introduced to hard drives