history of the internet

Creation of Arpanet and the development of Unix

Oct 29, 1969

Arpanet was the first network. It allowed Stanford and UCLA to connect, however it quickly failed.
Unix is an operating system that heavily influences Linux and FreeBSD

Email

Oct 29, 1971

Email was developed by Ray Tomlinson in 1971. He wanted to use the @ symbol to separate usernames from the computer/domain name

1st trans-Atlantic connection

1973

In 1973 Arpanet was able to make its first trans-Atlantic connection with the University College of London

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

Jan 1, 1974

TCP/IP is what made the internet possible. It allows devices to transfer data via the internet.
TCP - manages how messages are broken down and passed on to another person.
IP - ensures that the message reaches the right person

Usenet

Jan 1, 1979

Usenet was created by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis as a way to exchange messages and files using UNIX.

ENQUIRE

Jun 23, 1980

Software made as a hypertext program. ENQUIRE allowed people to send hyperlinks to other people.

Arpanet switches to TCP/IP

Jan 1, 1983

Arpanet lease ends, making it's users switch to TCP/IP

Domain Name System (DNS)

Jan 1, 1984

DNS automatically turns an IP address into a domain name.

Growth

Jan 1, 1987

Arpanet had been limited to only 1000 hosts, but once internet users switched to TCP/IP they was almost 30k hosts

The Morris Worm

Nov 2, 1988

The Morris worm was the first internet attack to ever happen. It mainly affected Universities in America. It managed to reach over 10% of computers. Although, it did not damage or destroy any files.

AOL

Jan 1, 1989

AOL aka America Online was one of the first instant messaging services.

Proposal for World Wide Web (WWW)

Mar 1, 1989

The World Wide Web (WWW), also known as the web, is what contains websites and webpages.

First web page

Aug 6, 1991

The first publicly available website was made by Berners-Lee. It was about the WWW and how to use it.

Mosaic

1993

Mosaic was one of the first web browsers released in 1993. Despite not being the first web browser Mosaic was considered the first to make the internet accessible to everyone

Secure Sockets Layer(SSL)

1995

The SSL was the first online security feature. It was created to protect online tranactions, but was also used in other applications like email, instant messaging, and voice over IP.

HoTMaiL

Jul 4, 1996

HoTMaiL (HTML is capitalized) was the first web-based email. HoTMaiL offered freedom from one's internet service provider as you could access it anywhere.

Google

Sep 4, 1998

Google was founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. It began as an online search firm and later became one of the biggest internet services.

3G

2001

3G was the third generation mobile connection technology. 3G focused on creating a standard network connection. This allowed international roaming services to develop.

Dotcom Bubble Collapse

Mar 10, 2002

The Dotcom Bubble or the internet bubble was a rapidly rising stock market in the US. It was fuelled by internet-based companies. It hit its peak in March 2000, and later crashed in October, 2002

Digg

2004

Digg was originally a popular news website. It's known for heavily influencing the development of Reddit, Miss, and Yahoo!

Google Crash

Feb 1, 2009

In February 2009 Google's email service had crashed for approximately 2.5 hours.

Google Crashes Again

Mar 1, 2009

Google mail services crash once again, this time being down for 36 hours.

4G

Dec 14, 2009

4G, also known as the fourth generation mobile communication technology was released in Norway, and Sweden.

5G

Apr 3, 2019

5G was introduced in 2019. 5G is 100 times faster than 4G.