The Creation of the Internet

  • Birth of the Internet

    Created as a way to help research labs communicate.
  • First Email Sent

    First email was sent by Ray Tomlinson.
  • First Home Computer -- Macintosh

    First Home Computer -- Macintosh
  • Tim Berners-Lee

    Tim Berners-Lee
    Created the Web while at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory.
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  • ISPs Began to Offer Services

    Offered services to commercial businesses to connect to government and academic communication.
  • First Web Browser

    "WorldWideWeb as" was the first browser in 1990 then was later named "Nexus" in 1993 due to confusion.
  • Microsoft Releases First Version of Internet Explorer

  • ICANN Established

    ICANN Established
    Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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