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The History of The Internet

By webb2231

  • University Connection/Establishment of Internet

    ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) goes online in December, connecting four major U.S. universities. This was to prevent a loss of connection should there be an attack.

  • Email is Created

    e-mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson a scientist from Cambridge, MA

  • IP Is Created

    Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is created and becomes the standard for computer comunication.

  • Email Reaches Politics

    President Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale use e-mail to plan campaign events and Queen Elizabeth sends her first e-mail.

  • The Word "Internet" Is First Used

    The Word "Internet" Gets Used

  • The Websites Arrive

    DNS is established. In other words sites gained .com, .org, and .net like extensions.

  • Computers Get Sick

    A virus called the Internet Worm shuts down 10% of the world's Internet

  • World Wide Web Arrives From CERN

    Tim Berners-Lee at CERN develops a new technique for distributing information on the Internet. He calls it the World Wide Web.

  • The First Publicly Avalible Government Site Is Created

    The White House launches its website, www.whitehouse.gov

  • Java Makes A Splash

    Sun Microsystems releases Internet programming called Java.

  • Google Begins

    Google opens its first office, in California.

  • The Online Music Industry Makes its Debut

    College student Shawn Fanning invents Napster. It is a computer application that allows users to share music over the Internet.

  • Viruses Make Their Mark

    Internet virus called MyDoom or Novarg, spreads through the Internet

  • The Internet Continues to Grow

    There are more than 92 million websites online.

  • The Internet Continues to Grow

    Over 1.75 billion are online and the numbers continue to grow.