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Sputnik Launched
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite into orbit during the Cold War causing alarm in the United States. -
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The Origins of Networking
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ARPA Founded
The Advaced Research Projects Agency (ARPA- now known as DARPA) was founded by the U.S. Department of Defense, in response to Sputnik being launched by the USSR. -
IPTO Founded
Arpa created the Information Processinf Technologies Office (IPTO), a computer research department. This group tried to figure out how to share information between the computers in their defense facilities. (Only the year is known) -
Packet Switching Developed
IPTO developed a computer network that could transmit information over telephone lines in a process called packet switching. (Only the year is known) -
Leonard Kleinrock
Leonard Kleinrock installed the first computer processor that can handle digital packet-switched data. (Only year and month are known). -
E-Mail Developed
Employies at ARPANet developed a program that has become e-mail. With this program, people could send brief messages to one another across a network. (Only the year is known) -
Telenet
Telenet, a subsidiary company the ARPANet launced, released the first public version of the ARPANet. Telenet began service in seven U.S. cities. (Only the year is known) -
TCP/IP
ARPANet began using TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) which is a communications software that made it so different networks could share information. (Only the year is known) -
The World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee, a worker at CERN, created the World Wide Web. This system allows the Internet to display photographs, video, and sound. (Only the year is known) -
Gopher
The first search program to help organize and find information on the internet; however, it could only search for files by its title. (Only the year is known) -
Mosaic Developed
Students at NCSA made a program that made it so you can display images directly on a Web page, and they added hyperlinks. (Only the year is known) -
Mosaic is Free
Mosaic is made free to the public. (Only the year is known) -
Mosaic Netscape Released
Mosaic released a commercial web browser called Mosaic Netscape. (Only the year and month are known) -
Internet Explorer
Microsoft releases its own browser, Internet Explorer. (Only the year is known) -
Expansion
Web has over 36 million sites and still continues to grow today.
