Development of the Internet

By Curtis Metzler

  • ARPANET commissioned by DoD for research into networking. Nodes are stood up as BBN builds each IMP.

    ARPANET commissioned by DoD for research into networking. Nodes are stood up as BBN builds each IMP.
    September 1969, BBN installed the first IMP at UCLA and the first host computer was connected. By the end of 1969, four host computers were connected together into the initial ARPANET. Image from Wikipedia.org/wiki/arpanet

  • First Email Sent

    First Email Sent
    Ray Tomlinson invents email program to send messages across a distributed network. Image from twitter.com

  • CSNET built using seed money from NSF

    CSNET built using seed money from NSF
    CSNET (Computer Science NETwork) built by a collaboration of computer scientists and Univ of Delaware, Purdue Univ, Univ of Wisconsin, RAND Corporation and BBN through seed money granted by NSF to provide networking services (especially email) to university scientists with no access to ARPANET. CSNET later becomes known as the Computer and Science Network. Image from historyofdomainnames.com

  • World Wide Web introduced

    World Wide Web introduced
    Tim Berners-Lee, a computer programmer, introduces the World Wide Web, an internet that allows access to a web of information available to anyone. Image via wikipedia.org/wiki/tim_berners-lee

  • First web browser, named Mosaic, released

    First web browser, named Mosaic, released
    Mosaic offered a user-friendly way to search the Web: It allowed users to see words and pictures on the same page for the first time and to navigate using scrollbars and clickable links. Mosaic was later renamed Netscape. Image via wikipedia.org/wiki/mosaic

  • US White House email established

    US White House email established
    White House email comes online at whitehouse.gov giving further legitimacy and press to the service. Image via wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton

  • Internet Explorer released

    Internet Explorer released
    Microsoft releases the first version of it's web browser Internet Explorer Image from wikipedia.org/wiki/internetexplorer

  • Internet offered to the masses

    Internet offered to the masses
    Around 1995 the first large ISPs like AOL and CompuServe began offering Internet access to the masses. Image via wikipedia.ord/wiki/AOL

  • ICANN established

    ICANN established
    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers maintains a central repository for IP addresses and helps coordinate the supply of IP addresses to maintain security. Image via wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN

  • EU courts require Google to honor "requests to be forgotten"

    EU courts require Google to honor "requests to be forgotten"
    After an EU court ruling requiring Google to honor "requests to be forgotten", 12,000 requests are submitted in the first day (30 May) signaling new battle over personal data rights and ownership. Image via https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/24/victory-for-google-in-landmark-right-to-be-forgotten-case.