the History Of The Internet

By Heaven20

  • 1969

    ARPA goes online in December, connecting 4 major U.S universities. This is designed for research, education and government.

  • 1972

    Electronic mail also know as "e-mail" was introduced by Ray Tomlinson. He was a Cambridge, Mass; computer scientist.

  • 1976

    Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale use email to plan campaign events.

  • 1976

    Queen Elizabeth was the first state leader to send an email.

  • 1982

    The world "internet" is used for the very first time.

  • 1985

    Quantum computer services, which later changes its name to America online, debuts. It offers email, electronic bulletin boards.

  • 1988

    A virus called the internet worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the worlds internet serves.

  • 1990

    The first effort to index the internet Is created by Peter Deutsch at McGill University in Montreal, who devises Archie, an archive of FTP sites.

  • 1993

    Mosaic is developed by Marc Anderson at the NCSA. It becomes the dominant navigating system for the World Wide Web.

  • 1998

    Google opens it first office, in California.