The History of the Internet

By MtzE

  • "Galactic Network" concept introduced

    "Galactic Network" concept introduced
    J.C.R. Licklider of MIT introduced a series of memos of a globally interconnected set of computers. This idea was similar to what the internet became.

  • Creation of ARPAnet

    Creation of ARPAnet
    The U.S.Advanved Research Projects Agency develops a way for computers to connect to each other, initially made to share information.

  • E-mail is created

    E-mail is created
    Created by Ray Tomlinson, electronic mail makes its first appearance on the internet, making it possible to send letters to others with an email.

  • TCP/IP is designed

    TCP/IP is designed
    Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocal were set on computers as a standard of communication.

  • The internet is called "The Internet"

    The internet is called "The Internet"
    Berners-Lee and Vint Cerf research information about the internet and give it its name

  • NSFNET is created

    NSFNET is created
    NSFNET, the successor of ARPAnet, is created. This runs until 1995.

  • The World Wide Web is released

    The World Wide Web is released
    Tim Berners-Lee releases the World Wide Web, revolutionizing the internet.

  • Mosaic is released

    Mosaic is released
    Mosaic, or later called Netscape, was a sophisticated browser created by researchers and students from the University of Illinois. This user friendly web browser finally allowed pictures and texts to be on the same page for the first time.

  • Internet Explorer is created

    Internet Explorer is created
    The famous web browser develepod by Microsoft is released.

  • Netflix is founded

    Netflix is founded
    Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph create the famous online streaming media.

  • Google is introduced

    Larry Page and Sergey Brin release a search engine.

  • Napster is created

    Napster is created
    The first free music downloader is co-founded by Shawn Fanning, John Fanning, and Sean Parker.

  • Facebook is created

    Facebook is created
    Mark Zuckerberg creates a social media website for college students. Eventually, this developed into a website for typical social use.

  • Creation of YouTube

    Creation of YouTube
    Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim create a video sharing website. This website soon became a billion dollar worth company

  • Twitter is created

    Twitter is created
    Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, and Biz Stone created a social networking website. Beginning unpopular, only a few characters were allowed but then allowed status updates and rose in fame.