The internet

History of the Internet

  • Beginning of the Internet

    Beginning of the Internet

    Arpanet
  • Unix

    Unix

    multi-user computer operating system
  • Arpanet Network

    Arpanet Network

    A network was established between Harvard, MIT, and BBN
  • Email

    Email

    Discovered by Ray Tomlinson who also decided to use the @ symbol.
  • Project Gutenburg and E-Books

    Project Gutenburg and E-Books

    A global effort to make books and documents for free in a variety of e-books and electronic formats.
  • Cyclades

    Cyclades

    The main computer should be responsible for data transmission rather than the network itself.
  • First trans-Atlantic Connection

    First trans-Atlantic Connection

    Arpanet made the first trans-Atlantic Connection with University college of London
  • Email reaches 75%

    Email reaches 75%

    Email came across as 75% or the Arpanet network activity.
  • TCP/IP introduced

    TCP/IP introduced

    Networks together into a so-called "inter-network and became TCP/IP
  • First Modern E-mail

    First Modern E-mail

    John Vittal introduced the first advance called MSG with the function Reply and Forward.