History of Internet

By NHU1423

  • First Computer

    First Computer
    The first computer was made in 1943, this computer was tasked with solving multiple math problems at the same time.

  • The Creation of ARP

    The Creation of ARP
    In 1958, the United States Department of Defense launched a project tasked to keep their technology a step ahead of the others.

  • The Invention of Packet Switching

    The Invention of Packet Switching
    Around the early 1960's engineers knew that these computers were sending messages far too quickly to make circuit switching practical, so the fix was a new invention called packet switching. This invention was created by a man by the name of Paul Baran. This invention allowed different computers send messages along the same set of wires instead of each getting one.

  • The Creation of ARPANET

    The Creation of ARPANET
    In 1969, Joseph Licklider convinced the people at ARPA to fund his research into creating a computer network system later called ARPANET. This computer network system was made to message between different universities taking place in the experiment this includes: UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, Stanford University and the University of Utah.

  • Distribution of Networks

    Distribution of Networks
    During the mid 1970's a few companies started to sell access to the networks, however these were separate to the main network but could do the same function.

  • The First Internet Service Provider

    The First Internet Service Provider
    In 1989, the first internet service provider was created, although these companies don't own their own network they connect people to the internet.

  • Creation of the Web

    Creation of the Web
    In 1989, a scientist by the name of Tim Burners-Lee and his college Robert Caulliau started to work on a project that could better arrange the information. This was later called the web

  • The Replacement of ARPANET

    The Replacement of ARPANET
    After a while, ARPANET was finally replaced as the backbone of the internet for NSFNET, allowing ARPANET to finally take its break.

  • Public Opening of the Internet

    Public Opening of the Internet
    In 1993, the internet was finally made public to everyone.

  • The Closing of NSFNET

    The Closing of NSFNET
    In 1995, NSFNET shut down and handed everything over to the internet service providers (ISP)

  • Switching from Dial-up to Broadband

    Switching from Dial-up to Broadband
    Around 2005, people had switched from dial up to broadband, which depending on the broadband type the connection can be so much faster than dial up. This allowed browsing the internet so much faster