History of the Internet

  • Telegraph created

    Telegraph created
    It was created by Cooke and Wheatstone. It became the revolutionary invention that will later lead to the invention of the Transatlantic cable and the Telephone.
  • Telephone

    Telephone
    It was invented by Alexander Graham Bell, and provides the backbone of the internet
  • U.S.S.R launches Sputnik

    The U.S. creates ARPA in the DoD, which builds the U.S. skills in technology.
  • IMPs created

    IMPs created
    These four computers, that all spoke the same language, were connected together.
  • Email is invented

    Email is invented
    Ray Tomlinson creates the email program that can send messages across a network.
  • Creation of the ARPANET

    Creation of the ARPANET
    This was the first International networking system, and eventually led the the creation of the TCP and Telenet.
  • TCP defines the internet

    They create the first definition of the internet by creating a protocol called Transmission Control Protocol.
  • Internet gets Bigger

    With the new name server developed and more advancements, the numbers of users grow to a new amount.
  • Commercialization

    The internet birth continues as it becomes commercialized and grew to a new number of 28,000 hosts.
  • WWW Revolution

    WWW Revolution
    The "World wide web" becomes a useful to access webites. The white house opens its first web page.
  • MySpace

    MySpace
    MySpace is created. making the internet a social component of daily life.
  • Facebook

    Facebook
    The network Facebook is created by Zuckerberg, making global communication a new height to internet usage.
  • Iphone

    Iphone
    The creation of the Iphone is invented, coining the new term "smart phone" as it the internet can now be reached via phone.
  • Google Chrome

    Google Chrome
    It was created as a free web browser and also operates as a platform for running web apps.