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Internet Timeline
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ARPANET Fouded
ARPANET took advantage of a new idea of sending information in small units called packets that could be routed on different paths and reconstructed at their destination. -
TCI/IP Founded
TCI/IP is a packet switching technology that makes it possible for information to get from point A to point B. https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-internet -
HTML Creation
Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist of CERN, develops HyperText Markup Language (HTML) to allow his co-workers to be able to access information easily from one computer instead of having to move around from one computer to another. https://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/book4/ch02.html -
First Website
Tim Berners-Lee's NeXT computer at CERN ran the first website that was text only and it described the World Wide Web. -
1994
Netscape communications is born as Microsoft creates a web browser for Windows 95 -
Internet Provision
Compuserve, America Online and Prodigy begin to provide Internet access. New websites like Amazon, Craigslist, and eBay go live and the internet becomes a major commercial enterprise. -
Google Created
Google was created allowing for individuals to browse the web in a different way https://www.google.com/about/our-story/ -
Internet Protocol
The Internet Protocol version 6 introduced, to allow for future growth of Internet Addresses. The current most widely used protocol is version 4. IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses allowing for 4.3 billion unique addresses; IPv6, with 128-bit addresses, will allow 3.4 x 1038 unique addresses, or 340 trillion trillion trillion. -
AOL
AOL buys Netscape and peer-to-peer file sharing was introduced which cause an upset in the music industry due to losing massive profits. -
Stopping of Napster
A federal judge shuts down Napster, ruling that it must find a way to stop users from sharing copyrighted material before it can go back online. -
YouTube Launches
YouTube is launched and the revolution of video uploading on one site became extremely popular https://www.thoughtco.com/who-invented-youtube-1992691 -
Advertisement
AOL changes its business model, offering most services for free and relying on advertising to generate revenue. The Internet Governance Forum meets for the first time. -
Revolutionary Moment
President Barack Obama's administration announces its opposition to major parts of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act, which would have enacted broad new rules requiring internet service providers to police copyrighted content. -
Instagram Launch
Instagram, the photo-sharing site, reaches 400 million users, outpacing Twitter, which would go on to reach 316 million users by the middle of the same year. https://instazood.com/the-history-of-instagram/ -
Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality was repealed on December 17, 2017 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which voted in favor of repealing these policies
