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An Idea
A series of memos are written by Joseph C. R. Licklider describing a concept of networking to connect computers. -
RAND Proposal
The RAND Proposal is published, detailing the need of the military to have a stand alone network that could work in a postnuclear America -
An idea not well received
Lawrence Roberts pitches ARPA funded centers on a network experiment that was not well received by investigators. -
Approval
ARPA is approved to build a four-node network. The nodes would be located in the Stanford Research Institute, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA and the University of Utah. -
BNN
Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BNN) become the contractors hired to build ARPA’s four node network. -
ARPANET goes live
ARPANET, developed by a small team, went live at UCLA and successfully communicated with the mainframe. -
Big things come is small packages
The first microprocessor is built by Intel on silicon the size of a postage stamp. -
Going public
The first public demonstration of ARPANET and its network technology took place. -
Your loss AT&T
AT&T declines the government’s offer for them to take over ARPANET, claiming that there would be no profit in it -
Transmission Control Protocol
An outline of the new Transmission Control Protocol, written by Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn was published detailing the language of the network and its principles. Link text -
TCP/IP branches out
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol) starts being used by outside networks to link to ARPANET. -
World Wide Web
Berners-Lee, who was able to create a hyperlinked connection, wanted users to be able to find and contribute information on that system, a step towards the creation of the World Wide Web. -
Commercialization
The IAB and Daniel Lynch arranged a workshop for companies and vendors to learn about TCP/IP and how they could use it. -
NSFNET
NSFNET is launched by The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Steven Wolff and provides a network connection between six computers. -
Mosaic
Mosaic, a web browser is created and released by Marc Andreessen of the University of Illinois and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) -
Google's reign begins
Google, an online search engine is launched by two Stanford graduates, and quickly goes public. -
World Take Over
The internet reaches every populated country in the world. -
Wiki-What?!
Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia that could be revised and added to by a community of people, is launched. -
Majority Rules
Study by the Department of Commerce and NTIA shows that more than 50 percent of the population were internet users -
Friend Request
Facebook, an online social networking platform, invented by Harvard student Mark Zuckerburg, is launched to college students and later offered to anyone with an internet connection.
