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The Soviet Union launches Sputnik I
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik I -
United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency creates ARPA
The United States Defense forms the Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) in the Department of Defense. -
Leonard Kleinrock publishes first paper on packet switching theory
Leonard Kleinrock, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) publishes first paper on the packet-switching theory. -
1966 - First plan for ARPANET
"Lawrence G. Roberts, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) draws up first plan for ARPANET, “Towards a Cooperative Network of Time-Shared Computers” -
First ARPANET connection
(University of California Los Angeles, Stanford Research Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah was hooked up to form the original ARPANET. -
ARPANET expands
23 hosts of ARPANET: UCSB, BBN, MIT, RAND, SDC, Harvard, Lincoln Lab, Stanford, UIU(C), CWRU, CMU, NASA/Ames plus original members of ARPANET. -
ARPANET connects forty machines
"First International Conference on Computer Communications in Washington D.C. demonstration of the ARPANET between forty machines. -
ARPANET's first international connection
First international connection to the ARPANET from University College of London (England) -
TCP/IP splits
TCP/IP splits into TCP and IP -
Formation of Computer Science Department
Meeting in the University of Wisconsin by ARPA, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and computer scientists from all around the country to form a Computer Science Department, a research computer network. -
BITNET and CSNET (networks) are formed
BITNET and CSNET (networks) are formed -
Switch to TCP/IP and ARPANET splits
Switch to TCP/IP from NCP and ARPANET splits into ARPANET and MILNET and becomes a part of the Defense Data Network. -
Introduction of DNS
DNS or Domain Name System introduced and number of computer hosts breaks a thousand -
Creation of NSFNET backbone network
NSFNET backbone network created and NSF founds five supercomputing centers for high computing power and number of hosts breaks 10,000. -
New countries join NSFNET
Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden connect to NSFNET. -
100,000 hosts
Number of hosts breaks 100,000 and the new countries joining NSFNET was Australia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. -
End of ARPANET and phenomenal growth of connections
ARPANET ceases to exist and now 300,000 computer hosts. -
WWW established
Friendly User Interface to WWW (World Wide Web) established and released with a menu driven system to access Resources (the one we use today). -
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Internet and WWW
The Internet and World Wide Web will keep growing.
