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Cooke and Wheatstone patent Morse code
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Transatlantic cable
The first transatlantic cable is installed between Ireland & Canada. -
First electronic digital computer built.
The 700-pound desk-size system was finished in 1942. -
IBM President Thomas J. Watson declared, "There is a world market for about five computers.“
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Russia launches Sputnik, the first artificial earth satellite
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US Department of Defense establishes the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).
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Packet-switching (PS) networks developed
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Birth of Internet
Four computers were linked to form ARPAnet -
People communicate over a network
15 nodes (23 hosts) on ARPANET. -
Networking comes to many
Queen Elizabeth sends an email -
Global Networking becomes a reality
First international connections to the ARPANET
Ethernet outlined
Internet ideas started.
Gateway architecture sketched on back of envelope in hotel lobby in San Francisco.
File Transfer protocol specified -
E-mail takes off, Internet becomes a reality
Number of hosts breaks 100. -
Usenet is developed
allows anyone who connects to the network to read and post articles on a variety of subjects. -
TCP/IP defines future communication
DCA and ARPA establishes TCP/IP, for ARPANET. -
Growth of Internet Continues
Domain Name Server (DNS) introduced. Eg instead of 123.456.789.10 we now have www.cs.cf.ac.uk -
Power of Internet Realised
5, 000 Hosts. 241 News groups.
500% growth since 1984 -
Commercialisation of Internet Born
Number of hosts 28,000 -
Most Important development to date
World-Wide Web (WWW) released by CERN; Tim Berners-Lee developer. -
Multimedia changes the face of the Internet
Number of hosts breaks 1 Million
First audio multicast (March) and video multicast (November).
The term "Surfing the Internet" is coined by Jean Armour Polly. -
The WWW Revolution truly begins
Business and Media really take notice of the Internet
US White House and United Nations (UN) comes on-line
Mosaic takes the Internet by storm -
Commercialisation begins
Shopping malls, banks arrive on the Internet
You can now order pizza from the Hut online in the US.
First Virtual, the first cyberbank, open up for business -
Microsoft enter
The WWW browser war begins , fought primarily between Netscape and Microsoft,
heralds a new age in software development, whereby new releases are made quarterly with the help of Internet users eager to test upcoming (beta) versions. -
Mozilla Firefox 1.0 released
Mozilla Firefox 1.0 released, which later became Microsoft Internet Explorer's biggest competitor since Netscape Navigator. -
The first live Internet link into low earth orbit was established
The first live Internet link into low earth orbit was established