The History of the Internet

By gelonn99

  • ARPANET

    ARPANET
    The ARPANET was born when BBN delivered the first Interface Message Processor (IMP) to Leonard Kleinrock's Network Measurements Center at UCLA.

  • The Web

    The Web
    British scientist Tim Berners-Lee submits a proposal to his bosses at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, making the case for a “‘web’ of notes with links between them” to help researchers access and share data more easily.

  • The First Website

    The First Website
    The world’s first website, a text-only effort describing the World Wide Web or “W3” browser, goes live on the world’s first server. It was run on Tim Berners-Lee’s NeXT computer at CERN.

  • Internet

    Internet
    The first public Internet server comes online and the public can for the first time access the World Wide Web.

  • Internet Explorer

    Internet Explorer
    Windows releases its first browser, Internet Explorer 1.0, setting the stage for the so-called “Browser Wars.”

  • Google

    Google
    Entrepreneurs Larry Page and Sergey Brin register the domain Google.com, with the aim to “to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web.”

  • Wikipedia

    Wikipedia
    Jimmy Wales launches Wikipedia. Users write over 20,000 encyclopedia entries in the first year.

  • Facebook

    Facebook
    Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launches thefacebook.com. 1,200 Harvard students sign up within the first 24 hours.

  • Youtube

    Youtube
    YouTube is founded on Valentine’s Day. Google acquires the company a year later.

  • 25 years and counting...

    25 years and counting...
    The Internet celebrates its 25-year public anniversary and reminisce on its history, while also looking ahead for where it's going next.