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The Internet

  • First Telecommunications Cable

    First Telecommunications Cable
    When the first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid in 1858 by businessman Cyrus West Field,
  • RUSSIA LAUNCHES SPUTNIK TO SPY ON US

    RUSSIA LAUNCHES SPUTNIK TO SPY ON US
    USSR launches Sputnik the very first satellite into space and, with sets off the race to link the world through global communications. US is worried that it is to spy on US.
  • First Modem

    First Modem
    Bell Labs produced the first commercial modem
  • ARPANET Project

    ARPANET Project
    Robert Taylor initiates the ARPAnet project, the foundation for today’s Internet under the Department of Defense
  • FIRST INTERNET TRANSMISSION

    FIRST INTERNET TRANSMISSION
    1969: Oct. 29, Stanford Research Institute (SRI), University of California-Santa Barbara and University of Utah send each other the first text message which was was LO
  • INTERNET LAUNCHES WITH FOUR COMPUTERS

    INTERNET LAUNCHES WITH FOUR COMPUTERS
    The physical network is constructed, linking four nodes: University of California at Los Angeles, SRI (in Stanford), University of California at Santa Barbara, and University of Utah.
  • First Internet Server

    First Internet Server
    NEXCube was invented by Tim Berners Lee for his new invention called the World Wide Web. This was the computer where the very first web page and website were stored.