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ARPANET
Arpernet (Advanced Research Project Agency Network) was the worlds first operational package switching network, soon to eb the global internet. It was funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for the U.S Department of Defence so that they could keep in ncontact with universities that were working on projects for them. -
The Cloud (specific date unknown)
Cloud technology wasd developed in the sixties. However it was not till later on and especially at present that cloud technology has erupted into use.Bu8siness are rapidly trading in the space consuming hardware and time consuming software for easy use of cloud technology. This techonolgy offers software for businesses to use that is prepaid for and will automatically update itself, it also provides unlimited space to save work. -
News Groups and Bulletin Boards
The exact date is not know. However we do know that news groups and bulletin boards started cam about in 1970. the bulletin board system was created by Tom Jennings. It is a way for information to be uploaded for others to view. it was the precurses of the internet we know today. a news group is similar to a bulletin board as it is a specific part of the internet where you can find articles and posts about you interests. -
Email
Ray Thomlinson invented the first electronic mail. the exact date is unknown however we do know it was sent it July of 1971. he was experimenting with an earlier program called SNDMSG. SNDMSG allowed the user to put a message on the computer but could not send it to anotyher computer, the message would be left fort he next user to read.he developed a file transfer program called CYPNET to adapt SNDMSG so that it could send mesages to anyone on the ARPANET system. -
International Packet Switched Service
this service was created by collaberation between the United Kingdoms' general post service, Western Union and USAs' Tymnet. It could be accessed in the UK, the USA, Canada, Europe, Hong Kong and Australia by 1981. By the 1990s, it could be accessed worldwide. Both companies and regular users could access this, but would have to use a PSS line. If they chose to have faster speeds, then this would be more expensive. -
TCP/IP Protocol National Sciece Foundation (NFS)
The National Science Foundation funded 5 super computers that would be the NFSnet. this is an open research system that was open for everyone even those who were already using ARPAnet. This was another extension of the continuous growth of the internet. -
Domain Name Addressing system
Paul Mockapetris recognised a fault in the early internet (known as ARPAnet). The problem was that it was too difficult to remember everyones IP address. So he created a new way off getting to where you want to go, the Domain Name System (DNS). This meant instead of typing in a compliacted string of numbers e.g. 192.0.34.65 and the user could type in a name e.g. www.google.com -
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First 10,000 Hosts
This milestone marks the first 10,000 hosts on the internet and it didnt stop there. From 10,00 hosts in 1987 it shot up to 100,000 by 1989. And withing the next three years it reached a staggerring 1 million users. To this day it has not yet stopped growing. -
First Web Browser developed
The first web browser was invented by Tim Berners-Lee. It was named the WorldWideWeb, he latrer named it Lexus. this was the reason for the boom in the hosts from 1989 to 1992 -
Mosiac
Mosiac is a web browser that was developed to popularise the world wide web. It was windows port, easy to install and very easy to use. Its interface was designed to be simple for public use. This program was the first to show images in line with text rather than open it up in a new window. the leading web browsers of to day still feature characteristics of the original Mosiac browser. -
World Wide Web in Daily Use
Around 45 million people were using the internet world wide with 30 million of them being fromt he USA or Canada, 9 million from Europe and 6 million from Asia. millions of people world wide now had a PC in their home and 42.4% of them were using the internet. These numbers were cntinuously growing. -
1 Million Users
On this day NASA released images taken in space and put them online. Records were brekn as the images got a staggering 46 million hits in one day. This caused the site to freeze and the term 'weblog' was created. -
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First Search Engine
During this year Google opened its first office in California. Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of the erstwhile computer computer firm Sun Microsystems, becomes the first investor of Google when he write a cheque for $100,000 for a comp,any called Google. -
Dotcom Bubble Burst
The internet bubble bursts as the fountain of investments capital dries up ans Nasdaq stock indez plunges. This causes the initial public offerring (IPO) window to slam shut and many dotcoms close to their doors. America Online buys Times warner for $16 billion. Its the biggest merger of all time. During this year internet users also started creating viruses that sent themselves around the internet causing many websites to temporarily shut down. -
Usage Up, Napster Down
From 4.5 million users 5 years ago, the internet was now being used by 9.5 million users. A phenomenon was never predicted by its original designers. This was also the year (exact date above) that napster.com was deemed illegal and forced to stop. Wikipedia was also created in this year. -
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Spam
Over this year the amount of spam being recieved and sent became so great the it started to clog up systems. The amount of spam called for President Bush to sign the Controlling the Assualt of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act), which is intended to help individuals to and businesses to control the ammount of unsolicited email they recieve. iTunes was also created allowing people worldwide to download music for a small price. -
Facebook
Facebook is a socail networking that was designed by a Havard student called Mark Zuckerburg in his bedroom. It was orignally designed for use by Havards students. By 2009 the site was ranked as the most used social networking site, in the world. -
Tablet
On the 25th May 2005 Nokia annouced that they are releasing a tablet, it was released in october that year. A tablet it a flat touch screen piece of hardware that is based on using the internet. With a tablet you have access to millions of videos, apps, and songs. The internet has come into iteself that much that people now by hardware purely to use it. Showing the transaction from its origianl purpose as a tool to share information to a being of unlimitedness that people use tools to access. -
YouTube.com Is Launched
Youtube.com is launched a website allowing th public to upload videos from their Pc for people worldwide to view. -
92 Million users
by 2006 there were a an estimated 92 million websites online -
Faster Internet
At present internet providers are investing in new ways to provide fatser internet. an example of this would the transaction from dial up to broad band, then broadbast to fibreoptic broadband. It is the same situation for mobile internet with the latest invention being 4G. -
4G
Companies are competing to provide faster mobile internet. The latsest development is 4G (fourth generation). Although the internet is constantly in use 24/7 and has unbelievably developed to become easier and faster, people still want it to be even faster. I think this demonstartes the demand/addiction for the internet, highlighting how the internet is still to this date the biggest invention ever.