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The Beginnings of the Internet
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Blood Boils
An intense rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union begins. The Soviet Union launches a satellite into orbit and after this event the U.S. creates the ARPA who begins to develop the Internet. -
The Galactic Network
Josphef Licklider writes a research paper on the idea of a galactic network. On this network computers could share data and programs. -
Computer Research Department
The ARPA created a new branch of their research development group. It was a computer research department called the Information Processing Technologies Office or the IPTO. -
The Development
The IPTo begins to develop a computer network capable of transmitting information over telephone lines. -
The First Processer
An ARPA contracter, Leonard Kleinrock, installed the first computer processor capable of handling digital packet-switched data. -
E-Mail
ARPANet researchers developed a computer program that enabled people to send brief electronic messages to each other, or E-Mail. -
ARPANet Goes Public
The ARPANet creates a public version of then ARPANet, called Telenet. It began serving seven cities in the U.S. in 1975. -
The Internet
Before this innovation, people could share data within their network but not to other networks. They created the network of networks; the internet. -
The World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web which allowed the Internet to display pictures, video, and sound. -
Search Engines
A search program called Gopher became available to the public. It organized information on the Internet in a menu type system, allowing people to find what they wanted. -
Wide Area Information Servers
The WAIS program allowed people to search for files based on their actual content. WAIS paved the way for Google and AltaVista. -
The Next Step
The NCSA developed a browsing program, Mosaic, that made it much easier for people to access the World Wide Web. Later in 1993 it became avalible for free. -
Internet Explorer
The Microsoft Corporation released it's own Web browser called Internet Explorer. -
Popularity Explodes
By 2000, more than half of all personal computers in the U.S. had Internet Explorer. -
Web Gets Bigger
By 2002, the Internet had over 36 million sites.
