Internet concept

The History of the Internet CSIS 103

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  • The beginning of computers

    The beginning of computers
    the Internet began with the development of computers in the 1950s. This began with point-to-point communication between mainframe computers and terminals, expanded to point-to-point connections between computers and then early research into packet switching.

  • Leonard Kleinrock invented packet switching idea

    Leonard Kleinrock invented packet switching idea
    Leonard Kleinrock was the first to publish a paper about the idea of packet switching, which is essential to the Internet. He did so in 1961

  • ARPANET

    ARPANET
    Packet switched networks such as ARPANET, Mark I at NPL in the UK, CYCLADES, Merit Network, Tymnet, and Telenet, were developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s using a variety of protocols. The ARPANET in particular led to the development of protocols for internetworking, where multiple separate networks could be joined together into a network of networks.

  • Access to ARPANET was expanded

    Access to ARPANET was expanded
    Access to the ARPANET was expanded in 1981 when the National Science Foundation (NSF) developed the Computer Science Network (CSNET)

  • Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)

    Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)
    In 1982 the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) was standardized and the concept of a world-wide network of fully interconnected TCP/IP networks called the Internet was introduced

  • NSFNET provided access to supercomputer sites

    NSFNET provided access to supercomputer sites
    in 1986 when NSFNET provided access to supercomputer sites in the United States from research and education organizations

  • ARPANET decommissioned

    ARPANET decommissioned
    The ARPANET was decommissioned in 1990

  • Yahoo Created

    Yahoo Created
    Yahoo! Inc. was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994

  • WebCrawler went live

    WebCrawler went live
    WebCrawler was the first Web search engine to provide full text search. It went live on April 20, 1994 and was created by Brian Pinkerton at the University of Washington.

  • The Internet was commercialized

    The Internet was commercialized
    The Internet was commercialized in 1995 when NSFNET was decommissioned, removing the last restrictions on the use of the Internet to carry commercial traffic.

  • Google was established

    Google was established
    Google was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998

  • First mobile-specific browser-based web service

    First mobile-specific browser-based web service
    The first commercial launch of a mobile-specific browser-based web service was in 1999 in Japan when i-mode was launched by NTT DoCoMo.

  • iTunes introduced

    iTunes introduced
    iTunes was introduced by Apple Inc. on January 9, 2001

  • Facebook Created by Mark Elliot Zuckerberg

    Facebook Created by Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
    Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook Inc

  • YouTube was created

    YouTube was created
    YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos

  • Twitter Launched

    Twitter Launched
    Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets". It was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July.

  • Pandora launched a mobile version

    Pandora launched a mobile version
    On July 11, 2008, Pandora launched a mobile version of their software for the Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch through the iTunes App Store. Pandora is also available for Android phones,[4] BlackBerry platforms, HP webOS (used on the Palm Pre, Palm Pixi, Palm Pre 2, and HP Veer), and Windows Mobile devices.