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First plans for ARPANET are created. 1967
The first start of the plans for ARPANET are begun. -
RAND corportations system developments founded 1965
RAND founds a system which allows for the connection of two computers together for the first time. -
Arpanet created in 1969 for military
The network Arpanet is created in 1969 for military purposes. -
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Timespan of the internet
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The Alto Aloha system created 1974
The network now known as ethernet, but originally known as the Alto Aloha network is created. -
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded the Apple computer 1976
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded the Apple brand computers which would become worldwide popular. -
USENET is founded in 1978
The internet system USENET is founded. -
Arpanet gets renamed to the Internet
The original name Arpanet is changed and is now called the Internet. -
JUNET is created in 1984
The computer system JUNET is created as part of a system made for computing. 1984 -
NSFNET is created 1989
NSFNET is created hosted the annual meeting of internet society. -
http
Network protocol Http is created in 1990. -
HTML 1 is created 1992
The program for computing HTML 1 is created ! Wow. 1992 -
Internet security founded
The internet security program is founded in 1993. -
Linkedin is lauched
The company linked in is launched in 2003. -
Facebook is launched 2004!
Mark launches Facebook in 2004. Little did he know how successful it would one day become. -
Youtube is launched!
The youtube website is launched in 2005. -
Twitter is launched 2006
Twitter is launched and eventually reaches over a million users within the first two years of operation -
The internet tops over a billion users !
The Interent tops over one billion users -
Instagram is launched 2010!
The app Instagram is launched ! 2010 -
Growth in the use of the internet
The internet's population has now grown to be over 2.1 billion and expected to easily reach 5 million by 2020.