THE HISTORY OF INTERNET

By sanvii

  • First packet-switching papers

    First packet-switching papers

  • ARPANET planning starts

    ARPANET planning starts

  • ARPANET carries its first packets

    ARPANET carries its first packets

  • Mark I network at NPL (UK)

    Mark I network at NPL (UK)

  • Network Information Center (NIC)

    Network Information Center (NIC)

  • Merit Network's packet-switched network

    Merit Network's packet-switched network

  • Tymnet packet-switched network

    Tymnet packet-switched network

  • Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)

    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)

  • CYCLADES network

    CYCLADES network

  • Telenet packet-switched network

    Telenet packet-switched network

  • X.25 protocol approved

    X.25 protocol approved

  • Minitel introduced

    Minitel introduced

  • Internet Activities Board (IAB)

    Internet Activities Board (IAB)

  • USENET news using UUCP

    USENET news using UUCP

  • Ethernet standard introduced

    Ethernet standard introduced

  • BITNET established

    BITNET established

  • Computer Science Network (CSNET)

    Computer Science Network (CSNET)

  • TCP/IP protocol suite formalized

    TCP/IP protocol suite formalized

  • Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

    Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

  • Domain Name System (DNS)

    Domain Name System (DNS)

  • 1983 – MILNET split off from ARPANET

    1983 – MILNET split off from ARPANET

  • 1985 – First .COM domain name registered

    1985 – First .COM domain name registered

  • 1986 – NSFNET with 56 kbit/s links

    1986 – NSFNET with 56 kbit/s links

  • 1986 – Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

    1986 – Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

  • 1987 – UUNET founded

    1987 – UUNET founded

  • 1988 – NSFNET upgraded to 1.5 Mbit/s (T1)

    1988 – NSFNET upgraded to 1.5 Mbit/s (T1)

  • 1988 – OSI Reference Model released

    1988 – OSI Reference Model released

  • 1988 – Morris worm

    1988 – Morris worm

  • 1989 – Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

    1989 – Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

  • 1989 – PSINet founded, allows commercial traffic

    1989 – PSINet founded, allows commercial traffic

  • 1989 – Federal Internet Exchanges (FIXes)

    1989 – Federal Internet Exchanges (FIXes)

  • 1990 – Advanced Network and Services (ANS)

    1990 – Advanced Network and Services (ANS)

  • 1990 – GOSIP (without TCP/IP)

    1990 – GOSIP (without TCP/IP)

  • 1990 – ARPANET decommissioned

    1990 – ARPANET decommissioned

  • 1990 – UUNET/Alternet allows commercial traffic

    1990 – UUNET/Alternet allows commercial traffic

  • 1990 – Archie search engine

    1990 – Archie search engine

  • 1991 – Wide area information server (WAIS)

    1991 – Wide area information server (WAIS)

  • 1991 – Gopher

    1991 – Gopher

  • 1991 – Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX)

    1991 – Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX)

  • 1991 – ANS CO+RE allows commercial traffic

    1991 – ANS CO+RE allows commercial traffic

  • 1991 – World Wide Web (WWW)

    1991 – World Wide Web (WWW)

  • 1992 – NSFNET upgraded to 45 Mbit/s (T3)

    1992 – NSFNET upgraded to 45 Mbit/s (T3)

  • 1992 – Internet Society (ISOC) established

    1992 – Internet Society (ISOC) established

  • 1993 – Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)

    1993 – Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)

  • 1993 – InterNIC established

    1993 – InterNIC established

  • 1993 – Mosaic web browser released

    1993 – Mosaic web browser released

  • 1994 – Full text web search engines

    1994 – Full text web search engines

  • 1994 – North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) established

    1994 – North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) established