History of the Internet

By lough18

  • First Message sent using ARPANet

    First Message sent using ARPANet
    The first message “LOGIN” was sent from one computer to another using ARPANet in 1969. First ARPANET IMP log

  • Establishment of a Computer Science Department research computer network

    In the 1979, the National Science Foundation, the University of Wisconsin, and DARPA met and established a Computer Science Department research computer network.

  • DNS

    The domain name system was introduced in 1984. It is the method how internet addresses are created.

  • Tim Berners-Lee developed the World-Wide Web

    Tim Berners-Lee developed of the World-Wide Web (www.) in 1991.

  • Mosaic

    Mosaic
    The web browser Mosaic was released in 1993. It later became Netscape. Mosaic Homepage

  • ISPs

    ISPs
    The first large Internet Service Providers began offering internet access to the masses around 1995. Two of the first ISPs were AOL and CompuServe. CompuServe Homepage

  • Internet Explorer

    Microsoft released the first version of Internet Explorer in 1995.

  • ICANN

    ICANN
    ICANN stands for Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers. ICANN was created in 1998 to establish a process for transitioning the domain name system to industry from US government management. ICANN Logo