History of the internet timeline.

By harddavi

  • The first desktop computer.

    The government creates the first computer that could store memory on the actual computer.

  • Funds for ARPA become available

    President Eisenhower introduces the ARPA project in an air force appropriations bill.

  • The first network experiment

    Two computers talked to each other using packet-switching technology.

  • The ARPA begins.

    Larry Roberts is the chief scientist of the project.

  • The first link.

    The first link between 2 computers was made between the University of California, Los-angeles and the Stanford research institute.

  • First email

    The first basic email program is created for ARPANET.

  • First personal computers

    IBM announces its first personal computer.

  • New domain names.

    The first domain name system is created by Jon Postel, Paul Mockapetris, and Craig Partridge. .edu, .gov, .com, .mil, .org, .net, and .int .

  • .com is registered as a domain.

  • 25,000 pcs sold

    over 25,000 PCs are sold in the US.

  • Free antivirus software

    McAffee Associates is founded and the first free antivirus software becomes available.

  • ARPANET ends

    The world wide web is created.

  • The first web page was created

    It explained what the world wide web was.

  • The web grows

    The web grows by 314,000%.

  • Java has its first demonstration in public.

  • Wndows 95 is released

  • Hotmail is created

  • Google is launched

    The popular search engine google is created.