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Sputnik
ARPA was created in response to the Sputnik being created by the Soviet Union -
Segmented Network
report published describing a network that devides messages into segments -
Packet-switching
Donald Davis Coined this process ‘packet-switching’ -
packet-switching public
The first Packet-Switching facilities go International -
The @ symbol is invented
Email program written by Ray Tomlinson and the @ symbol is introduced -
lots of network traffic is email
75% of Network traffic is email -
online bulletin board created
first bulletin board system was created -
Bulletin Board symstem online
1979 – bulletin board system went online to the public allowing them to exchange ideas and information -
domain names used
1984 – domain names are used to locate where the web address is from -
'world wide web'
1990 – Tim Burners-Lee decided of the term ‘World Wide Web’ -
graphical access
mosaic was released: allowed graphical access to content on the web -
45 million users
45 million users on the internet -
150 million users
150 million users on the internet -
407 million users
407 million users on the internet -
600-800 million users
600-800 million users on the internet -
1.3 billion users
1.3 billion users on the internet
