History of the internet

By tombosley
  • Spuknip was launched in to space by the soviet union

    Spuknip was launched in to space by the soviet union

    Spuknip was launched and because of this it started a revoution because the americans became scared and it stared them to create stuff like distruped networks so they could talk even if they were bombed most of the country could still talk to each other and would not loose all of their information
  • the first email program was invented

    the first email program was invented

    In the late 1972 the first email program was desinged and made by Ray Tomlinson and a small team and this brought the use of the " @ " sign.
  • 75 % of all internet traffic were email's

    75 % of all internet traffic were email's

    in 1973 75 % of all internet traffic was e-mail's , File Transfer Protocol (FTP) probably helped because it allowed, uploading and downloading of files.
  • The First bulletin board was created

    The First bulletin board was created

    Ward Christensen and Randy Suess created the first bulletin board ( BBS) , which also spireled later on to be the " World Wide Web " (www.)
  • The First Bulletin Board Went Online

    The First Bulletin Board Went Online

    After quite a but of trail and error it was good to go online and for the public would be able to start using it .
  • The use of domain name's were used

    The use of domain name's were used

    Sertain domain names such as ; .com ; .net ; .co.uk ; .org ; .info.
    This helps an quite a bit , because it allows people to see where the webpage is located and also what type of page it is .
  • Tom Berners-lee started using the term WWW.

    Tom Berners-lee started using the term WWW.

  • Mosic was released

    Mosic was released

    the first bissness software that allowed you to access graphic content on the internet
  • aprox 45 million users of the internet

    aprox 45 million users of the internet

  • 600 - 800 million users

    600 - 800 million users