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The History of The World Wide Web
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ARPANET is Created
The techonogly that became the foundation of which the Internet was based. -
Douglas Engelbart
Engelbart joined the Stanford Research Institute and in 1962 started work on Augment, a project to develop computer tools to augment human capabilities. -
The Creation of Hyper Text
As Ted Nelson considered the design of IBM 7090, he applied his experience as a filmmaker with the conception of complex motion picture effects, moving from one shot to another, and conceived of the idea of hypertext. He became profoundly convinced of the enormous value of such a system. -
Douglas Engelbart's Work Station
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Break Through in Networking
Four computer are linked through ARPANET. -
Ethernet
Dr. Metcalfe develops Ethernet -
Spreadsheet
Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston invents the spreadsheet. -
E-Mail!
E-mail is created, the inventor is widely debated. Some believe that it was an Indian boy at the age of 14. While others believe that it was American, Ray Tomlinson. -
Connection Backbones Created
Researchers create TCP/IP, DNS, ISB and others, which formed the backbone of connections -
Internet
The word "Internet" is first used. -
Desktop Computers are made
Desktop workstations are made, a lot of them have network software built into them. -
Countries added to the connection
Netherlands, Demmark, Switzerland are added to the connection. -
NSFNET Established
The national science foundation establishes NSFNET. -
WWW
Tim Berners-Lee develops the World Wide Web. -
Dial-up Providers Begin to Provide Internet Access
AOL, Compuserve and Prodigy start providing internet access to their phone customers.
