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Internet History
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Launching Sputnik
USSR Launches Sputnik into space, to create global communications. -
ARPA
President Eisenhower gets the funds to create ARPA. -
The Modem
The Modem is created by Bell Labs, which will allow people to communicate through computers. -
Packet Switching
Professor of Computer Science at UCLA, len Kleinrock writes the first paper on packet switching. -
Paul Baron
Paul Baron writes, "On Distributed Communications Networks" ,which was was the first paper on using message blocks to send info across a decentralized network. -
ARPANET
Two computers talked to eachother using packet-switching technology. -
ARPANET connection
By the end of 1969, four host computers were connected to ARPNAET, the budding Internet was off the ground. -
Steve Crocker
The Network Working Groupworking under S. Crocker finished the ARPANET Host-to-Host Protocol, called the Network Control Protocol. -
Electronic Mail
Electronic mail is introduced by computer scientist Ray Tomlinson. The @ symbol is used to separate the sender's name and the network name. -
Presidential Email
Presidential candidates Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale use email to plan campaign events. -
Apple's Start
Apple was founded on April 1st, 1976. -
Internet!
The word "Internet" is used for the first time. -
America Online
America Online, bebuts. It provides email, elecronic bulletin boards, news, and other info. -
First U.S. Research Network
Dr. Stephen Wolff develops the NFSNET, the first U.S. open computer network. -
Google
Google opens it's first office in California. -
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is open to everyone on the internet. -
WhiteHouse.gov
The White House launches it's website, www.whitehouse.gov. -
Internet Population
Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet, 30 million in North America. -
Wikipedia
Jimmy Wales launches Wikipedia. -
Internet Hall of Fame
Internet Society founds the first Internet Hall of Fame. -
China's Intenet Usage
By 2010 China has 450 million internet users
