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History of the Internet

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    History of the Internet

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  • DARPA

    DARPA
    DARPA or Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is an agency responsible for the development of emerging technologies. https://www.darpa.mil/

  • Computers communicate with one another

    Computers communicate with one another
    Two computers at MIT Lincoln Lab communicate with one another using packet-switching technology.

  • Global networking becomes reality

    Global networking becomes reality
    Global networking becomes a reality as the University College of London and Royal Radar Establishment connect to ARPANET. The term Internet is born.

  • First ISP is born

    First ISP is born
    The first Internet Service Provider is born with the introduction of a commercial version of ARPANET, known as Telenet.
    https://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html

  • USENET

    USENET
    USENET forms to host news and discussion groups.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet

  • TCP and IP emerge

    TCP and IP emerge
    Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) emerge as the protocol for ARPANET. https://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html

  • .com/.org/.net

    .com/.org/.net
    DNS establishes the familiar .edu, .gov, .com, .mil, .org, .net, and .int system for naming websites.

  • First website domain taken

    First website domain taken
    Symbolics.com, the website for Symbolics Computer Corp. in Massachusetts, becomes the first registered domain. https://www.businessinsider.com/this-is-the-first-domain-name-ever-registed-2011-5

  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web
    CERN introduces the World Wide Web to the public.

  • Amazon, ebay, craigslist

    Amazon, ebay, craigslist
    Amazon.com, Craigslist and eBay go live. The original NSFNET backbone is decommissioned as the Internet’s transformation to a commercial enterprise is largely completed.

  • Yahoo!

    Yahoo!
    Yahoo! is created by Jerry Yang and David Filo, two electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University.

  • Google

    Google
    The Google search engine is born, changing the way users engage with the Internet.

  • Facebook

    Facebook
    Facebook goes online and the era of social networking begins.

  • Youtube and Reddit

    Youtube and Reddit
    YouTube.com launches. The social news site Reddit is also founded.

  • Twitter

    Twitter
    Twitter launches. The company's founder, Jack Dorsey, sends out the very first tweet: "just setting up my twttr."

  • Modern internet

    Modern internet
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