The internet history

  • The first paper memex machine

    The first paper memex machine
    pbs.org Vennevar Bush publishes paper on memex machine.
  • First earth satellite

    First earth satellite
    pbs.org U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik, first artificial earth satellite.
  • The begining of the internet

    The begining of the internet
    wikipedia history of the internet
    The history of the internet began in 1950. It began with point to point
    Commutation between mainframe computer and terminals.
  • Military protect

    Military protect
    pbs.org
    Paul Baran gets funding from U.S. Air Force to experiment with a block switching network to protect communications during an nuclear war. However, he withdrew his proposal when the project was shifted to military managers.
  • First cross country link

    First cross country link
    zakon.org
    In 1970 there was a First cross-country link installed by AT&T between UCLA and BBN at 56kbps. This line is later replaced by another between BBN and RAND. A second line is added between MIT and Utah.
  • International connections

    International connections
    zakon.org First international connections to the ARPANET: University College of London (England) via NORSAR (Norway)
  • Things start to come together

    Things start to come together
    netvally.com

    BITNET, the "Because It's Time NETwork" Started as a cooperative network at the City University of New York, with the first connection to Yale
  • Hosts

    Hosts
    netvally.com
    300,000 Hosts. 1,000 News group ARPANET ceases to exist Archie released files can be searched and retrieved (FTP) by name The World comes on-line (world.std.com), becoming the first commercial provider of Internet dial-up access.
  • Java

    Java
    history-timelines.org
    Java is introduced
  • Bill Gates

    Bill Gates
    history-timelines.org Bill Gates introduces the Xbox on January 7th 2001.
  • Youtube

    Youtube
    investintech.com
    Youtube launches
  • Google

    Google
    investintech.com Google index reaches 1 Trillion URLs
  • Facebook

    Facebook
    investintech.com
    Facebook announces in February that it has 400 million active users.
  • cyber security

    cyber security
    investintech.com
    The U.S House of Representatives passes the Cyber security Enhancement Act