history of internet

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  • MODEN

    AT&T introduces the dataphone and the first known MODEM.

  • MINICOMPUTER

    Wes Clark suggests use of a minicomputer for network packet switch.

  • HYPERTEXT

    Doug Engelbart publicly demonstrates Hypertext on December 9, 1968.

  • first Network

    The first Network Working Group (NWG) meeting is held.

  • NSFNET

    NSFNET is created.

  • first commercial online service

    CompuServe, the first commercial online service, is established.

  • TCP

    Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn design TCP during 1973 and later publish it with the help of Yogen Dalal and Carl Sunshine in December of 1974 in RFC 675.

  • introduces WWW

    Tim Berners-Lee introduces WWW to the public on August 6, 1991.

  • first web server outside of Europe

    On December 1, 1991 the first web server outside of Europe comes online.

  • Internet Society formed.

    Internet Society formed.

  • CERN

    On April 30, 1993 CERN releases the Web source code and makes it public domain. The effect had an immediate effect as the Web experiences massive growth.

  • Internet Explorer

    On August 16, 1995 Microsoft introduces and releases Microsoft Internet Explorer.

  • announced JavaScript

    On December 4, 1995 Sun Microsystems announced JavaScript and first releases it in Netscape 2.0B3. In the same year they also introduced Java.

  • safari

    On June 30, 2003 the Safari browser is released.

  • chrome

    On December 11, 2008 Google releases the Chrome browser.

  • mozilla

    On November 9, 2004 Mozilla releases the Mozilla Firefox browser.