Internet Timeline

By keegan.beck

  • ARPA

    ARPA
    originally made to connect 4 major universities. Provides a communication network in case a military strike takes out conventional communication systems.
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  • E-Mail

    E-Mail
    Introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a Cambridge Mass, computer scientist. He uses the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the email address.
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  • TCP/IP

    TCP/IP
    Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is designed. In 1983 it becomes the standard for communicating between computers over the Internet. One of these protocols, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), allows users to log onto a remote computer, list the files on that computer, and download files from that computer.
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  • Internet

    Internet
    The word “Internet” is used for the first time.
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  • DNS

    DNS
    Domain Name System is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu. Writer William Gibson coins the term “cyberspace.”
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  • The mouse

    The mouse
    Gopher, which provides point-and-click navigation, is created at the University of Minnesota and named after the school mascot. Gopher becomes the most popular interface for several years.
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  • NCSA

    NCSA
    Mosaic is developed by Marc Andreeson at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. It becomes the dominant navigating system for the World Wide Web.
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  • Google!

    Google!
    Google opens its first office, in California.

  • Youtube!

    Youtube!
    YouTube.com is launched.

  • Mass Growth

    Mass Growth
    There are more than 92 million websites online

  • Shift from brick and mortar to the internet

    Shift from brick and mortar to the internet
    In the future there will be no store fronts. There will only be factories and distribution centers. People will be able to order products from online and have them delivered to their homes.

  • Social media

    Social media
    In the future you'll be tracked no matter your preferences on what you buy and what you search up on the internet.

  • Mind integration

    Mind integration
    In the future we will have computers integrated into our brains so we can purchase things with the thought.

  • Internet break down

    Internet break down
    the human race will be wiped out because of disease, war, nuclear winter/ accident.