History of the Internet

By maggieguo9IST
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    Idea of the Internet is conceived under the keadership of the Department of Defense´s Advanced Research Porject Agency (ARPA)

  • ARPANET connects first 4 universities in United States

    The first hosts of the ARPANET connect Stanford Research Institute, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and University of Utah.
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    The ARPANET is a success

    Although originally designed for scientists to share data, it quickly becomes a discussion office between people, utilising email and allowing them to collaborate on research projects.

  • The ARPANET goes international

    Connections are established between London and Norway.

  • First USENET newsgroups established by Tom Truscott, Steve Bellovin and Jim Ellis

  • ARPANET has 213 hosts

    A new host is added every 20 days on average.
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    TCP/IP is created by people such as Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf

    TCP/IP is the common language of all Internet computers. Also, the Internet as we know it today is born.

  • Number of internet hosts exceeds 10,000

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    "Internet Worm" is unleashed

    Privacy and security becomes an issue in the digital world. A malicious program called the "Internet Worm" temporarily disables about 6,000 of the 60,000 Internet hosts.

  • ARPANET is decommissioned

    Due to its unexpected success, only the vast network of networks called the Internet remains. The number of hosts exceeds 300,000.

  • The World Wide Web is born!

  • First audio and video broadcasts

    They occupy a part of Internet known as "MBONE". More than 1 million hosts are online.

  • The first graphics-based Web browser, Mosaic, becomes available

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    The Age of the Internet

    Today the Internet is used for communication, discussion and solutions. It is used popularly amongst schools and holds a lot of potential.