Internet

The Internet

  • Period: to

    During the 1960's

    • RAND, CLA and MIT came up with Packet Switching,
    • DARPA develops ARPANET.
  • 4 "nodes" online

    4 "nodes" online
  • Period: to

    During the 1970's

    • First electronic message sent- Mailing lists created.
  • ARPANET grows to 30 nodes

    ARPANET grows to 30 nodes
  • Number of users on Public TCP networks outnumbers ARPANET

    Number of users on Public TCP networks outnumbers ARPANET
  • First virus sent on ARPANET

    First virus sent on ARPANET
    HELLO
  • ARPANET adopts TCP/IP

    ARPANET adopts TCP/IP
  • DNS introduced: Number of online hosts passes 1,000.

    DNS introduced: Number of online hosts passes 1,000.
  • USNET (Moderated Newsgroups) introduced

    USNET (Moderated Newsgroups) introduced
  • Period: to

    During the 1990's

    • ARPANET dies.
    • First commercial dial-up services become available.
    • Orgs worldwide get onlines: World Bank, UN, White House.
    • Flash Introduced.
  • Tim Berners-Lee creates WWW @ CERN

    Tim Berners-Lee creates WWW @ CERN
  • First commercial: Pizza Hut

    First commercial: Pizza Hut
  • Yahoo founded

    Yahoo founded
  • Google founded

    Google founded
  • Browser wars between Netscape and Microsfot signal new era of software development

    Browser wars between Netscape and Microsfot signal new era of software development
  • 6.5 million sites online

    6.5 million sites online
  • Flash video created

    Flash video created
  • Facemash created

    Facemash created
  • YouTube created

    YouTube created