ARPANET to the world wide web

By Adi Tavarro

  • The MIT

    Two computers at MIT Lincoln Lab communicate with one another using packet-switching technology.

  • Beranek and Newman

    Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN) unveils the final version of the Interface Message Processor (IMP) specifications. BBN wins ARPANET contract.

  • The first message

    On Oct. 29, The first message is "LO," which was an attempt by student Charles Kline to "LOGIN" to the SRI computer from the university.

  • The INWG

    The Internet Working Group (INWG) forms to address need for establishing standard protocols.

  • Global Networking

    Global networking becomes a reality as the University College of London (England) and Royal Radar Establishment (Norway) connect to ARPANET.

  • The first ISP

    The first Internet Service Provider (ISP) is born with the introduction of a commercial version of ARPANET, known as Telenet.

  • Networking services

    The National Science Foundation (NSF) provided a grant to establish the Computer Science Network (CSNET) to provide networking services to university computer scientists.

  • TCP and IP

    Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP), as the protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, emerge as the protocol for ARPANET.

  • Domain Name System

    The Domain Name System (DNS) establishes the familiar .edu, .gov, .com, .mil, .org, .net, and .int system for naming websites.

  • The NSFNET goes online

    The National Science Foundation’s NSFNET goes online to connected supercomputer centers at 56,000 bits per second

  • The first commercial provider

    World.std.com becomes the first commercial provider of dial-up access to the internet.

  • The first audio and video

    The first audio and video are distributed over the internet

  • HTML

    Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, develops HyperText Markup Language “HTML”

  • The number of computers connected to the NSFNET

    The number of computers connected to NSFNET grows from 2,000 in 1985 to more than 2 million

  • The creation of Netscape Communications

    Netscape Communications is born. Microsoft creates a Web browser for Windows 95

  • Yahoo is born

    “Yahoo!” Is created by Jerry Yang and David Filo, two electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University

  • The internet access

    Compuserve, America Online and Prodigy begin to provide internet access. Amazon.com, Craigslist and eBay go live

  • Google search is born

    The Google search engine is born, changing the way users engage with the internet.

  • Facebook has been created

    Facebook goes online and the era of social networking begins

  • People getting stuck on the internet

    By January 2021, there are 4.66 billion people connected to the internet. This is more than half of the global population