History of the Internet

By Pricemw
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    History of the Internet

    The History of the Internet

  • Beginnings of the ARPANET project

    The beginnings of the United States', Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, a.k.a. ARPANET.

  • ARPANET project is Established

    Funded by a department of the United States Department of Defense, ARPANET was finally officially established.

  • ARPANET Email pioneered

    ARPANET was pioneered by Ray Tomlinson at IBM.

  • Email first introduced

    In 1972, the "hot-tool" email was introduced.

  • ARPANET shown to the public

    ARPANET was shown off to a large audience. (Subsequently email was introduced as well)

  • True Birth of the Internet

    The official birth date of the internet. Everyone then had a standard way to communicate with each other.

  • The First Internet Service Providers

    The first internet service provider companies were established

  • World Wide Web Released

    The World Wide Web was Released to the public.

  • Mainstream Web Browsers Released

    With the Netscape and Mosaic browsers released to the public, the internet became more public friendly and more users began using the internet.

  • How the Internet is Used Today

    Today the internet is everywhere, almost every country in the world uses it. We can use it for almost anything! Who knows where it might go next.