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History of the internet

By sgalloway12

  • Packet-Switching networks came into operation

    Packet-Switching networks came into operation
    Transmitted data is broken up into small packets of data, sent to its destination, and reassembled at the other side. Packet-Switching Networks were set up in europe
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    History

  • Development of a similar system began in America

    Development of a similar system began in America
    It went into operation the year after in the US Defence Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).
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    The ARPANET used Network Control Protocol as its transmission protocol

  • introduction of personal computer

    introduction of personal computer
    The introduction of personal computers brought a large new audience to the developing Internet
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    The popular bulletin-board system, Usenet, was developed

  • first international connection made to the University College of London in England

  • Usenet begun

    Usenet begun

  • IRC became available

    IRC became available
    communities formed in chat rooms

  • World Wide Web was intoduced

    World Wide Web was intoduced

  • First Wed browser, Mosiac

    First Wed browser, Mosiac
    As soon as it was ported to PCs and Macs it immediately effected a boom in web usage.