timeline of the early internet

By lucianfuhler

  • first computers to communicate with each other

    using packet switching technology two computers at the MIT Lincoln lab communicate

  • first communication network

    four major US universities establish connections for the event of a millitary attack

  • email

    electronic mail is introduced using "@" to distinguish the user and network name

  • IP adresses

    IP addresses are designed to distinguish computers from each other

  • internet

    the word internet is used for the first time

  • Domain Name Systems

    DNS are established to identify extentions such as .com, .org and .edu

  • virus

    a virus known as the internet worm shuts down 10% of the internet

  • www

    the world wide web is developed as a new way to source resources and information using hyperlinks

  • gopher interface

    the gopher interface is developed and becomes the most popular interface on the world wide web

  • spam

    advertising campaigns go online bring the word spam into the dictionary

  • java

    the programming language Java is created

  • 45, 000, 000

    45 million people start using the internet mostly from the US

  • internet traffic

    internet traffic records are broken as NASA releases images taken by the pathfinder on mars. 46 million hits in one day

  • google

    google opens its first office in California

  • mp3

    mp3 files become swap able over the internet

  • myspace

    myspace is launched

  • 150, 000, 000

    150 million people start using the internet