History of Internet Time line Fall 2016

By JacobHerrera

  • Charles Babbage introduces the first mechanical computer.

  • Two MIT computers communicate with one another using packet-switching technology.

  • ARPA went online connecting to four major universities.

  • Email was invented by Ray Tomlinson.

  • Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol introduced.

  • The Domain Name System (DNS) institutes the hosts' names we are now familiar with such as .com .net .org

  • Dial-up becomes available to consumers.

  • The World Wide Web was created.

  • Berners-Lee creates 3 technologies: HTML, URL, and HTTP.

  • Gopher is created which is point and click navigation.

  • Mark Andreessen proposes IMG HTML tag to show images on webpages.

  • Mosaic is created and becomes the most popular internet navigating system.

  • Microsoft creates Windows 95.

  • Amazon, EBay invented.

  • Nokia releases a phone with internet access.

  • Google opens its first office in California.

  • MySpace is launched.

  • Wikipedia created.

  • Microsoft, launches Xbox Live.

  • Apple introduces itunes.

  • Facebook is created.

  • YouTube is launched.

  • Apple releases first iPhone.

  • Apple reveals new iPad. Pinterest, Instagram created.

  • The Federal Trade Commission adopts laws to keep the internet free and open.