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The Internet's roots.
ARPA goes online about at the beginning of December connecting four U.S. universities. Designed for research, education, and government organizations, it provides to a way to link the country in case of a military attack destroys conventional communications systems. -
The email is created.
Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a Cambridge, professor whois a computer scientist. He uses the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the email address. -
It begins to take form.
The word “Internet” is used for the first time. -
Cyberspace is created
Domain Name System is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu.Writer William Gibson coins the term “cyberspace.” -
Dial up Internet
The World (world.std.com) debuts as the first provider of dial-up Internet access for consumers.Tim Berners-Lee of CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics) develops a new technique for distributing information on the Internet. He calls it the World Wide Web. -
Java is made.
CompuServe, America Online, and Prodigy start providing dial-up Internet access.Sun Microsystems releases the Internet programming language called Java. -
A large majority begin using the Web.
Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet, with roughly 30 million of those in North America -
A Multibillion dollar Indurty arises.
Google opens its first office, in California. -
Now you can share your Videos.
YouTube.com is launched. -
It is upscaled
There are more than 92 million websites online.
