8 major events about the internet

By DeonGraham

  • The first email was made in 1971.

    This was an major event to the internet, the first email being made. Ray Tomlinson invented electronic mail as we know it today, creating a networked email system for ARPANET

  • Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf inventing in 1974

    In 1974, computer scientists Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf invented a new method called transmission-control protocol, popularly known as TCP/IP, which essentially allowed computers to speak the same language.

  • 1973: First trans-Atlantic connection set up.

    Then, on 25 July 1973, a computer at University College London (UCL) sent packets of digital information to another in California. Led by Peter Kirstein at the Institute for Computer Science, UCL, this was ARPANET's first transatlantic link.

  • Robert Metcalfe creating the Ethernet system 1975

    In 1975 Robert Metcalfe created the Ethernet system which made connecting computers in a local area simple and inexpensive, and 3Com put commercial Ethernet products on the market soon after. With this privatization and popularization of Internet access, the Internet spread rapidly into all areas of independent life.

  • The Apple Computer 1 1976

    The Apple Computer 1 (Apple-1), later known predominantly as the Apple I (written with a Roman numeral), is an 8-bit motherboard-only personal computer designed by Steve Wozniak and released by the Apple Computer Company (now Apple Inc.) in 1976. This was also a major even because the different software and icons were a major event.

  • Codifies multiple ARPANet email systems into a single standard 1977:

    1977: RFC 733 codifies multiple ARPANet email systems into a single standard. Bell Laboratories develops the Unix-to-Unix Copy (UUCP) file transfer protocol. 1978: The first unsolicited commercial email message, commonly known as "spam," is sent when Gary Turk attempts to advertise his new line of computers.

  • First service to offer electronic mail capabilities and technical support :1979

    In 1979, CompuServe became the first service to offer electronic mail capabilities and technical support to personal computer users. The company broke new ground again in 1980 as the first to offer real-time chat with its CB Simulator.

  • TCP/IP protocols adopted by the Department of Defense (DOD). 1983

    1. In January, the ARPANET standardizes on the TCP/IP protocols adopted by the Department of Defense (DOD). The Defense Communications Agency decides to split the network into a public 'ARPANET' and a classified 'MILNET, ' with only 45 hosts remaining on the ARPANET.