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Internet History
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Packet Switching
A Professor from UCLA, Leonard Klienrock, developed the mathematical theory of packet networks. This was the technology underpinning the internet. In the UCLA laboratory, the internet was first born when his Host computer became the first node of internet.
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Intergalactic Network
J.C.R. Licklider wrote a series of memos regarding his Intergalactic Network concept of networked computers. He later becomes the first head of the computer research program at ARPA
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First Email in Germany
The first email arrives in Germany from the U.S. on August 3, 1984. "Willkommen CSNET," it says. Werner Zorn plays a critical role in this event and establishing the German Internet.
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First U.S. Research & Education Network Developed
Dr. Stephen Wolff leads the development of NSFNET, the first U.S. open computer network supporting research and higher education.
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First Internet Publishing System
Brewster Kahle invents the Internet’s first publishing system, WAIS (Wide Area Information Server) and founds WAIS, Inc. This now is a precursor to todays search engines. WAIS is one of the first programs to uphold large amounts of data and make it searchable across large networks.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_area_information_server -
Internet Congestion
Van Jacobson Solves Internet Congestion
Van Jacobson develops algorithms for the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) that are capable of solving the problem of congestion. This is yet used today for 90% of the internet.
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World Wide Web
Tim Berners Lee creates the World Wide Web at an European Physical Laboratory called CERN. Robert Cailliau also helps Berners-Lee. . Later, Cailliau develops, along with Nicola Pellow, the first web browser for the Mac OS operating system.
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PGP Email Encryption
Phil Zimmermann creates PGP, Pretty Good PRivacy, which is an email encryption software package that is published for free. Originally designed as a human rights tool, PGP becomes one of the most widely used email encryption software in the world.
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WWW Opens to Public
World Wide Web Opens to Public
The World Wide Web is made available to the public for the first time on the Internet. -
Network Startup Resource Center
Randy Bush and John Klensin found the non-profit Network Startup Resource Center to develop and deploy Internet networking technology to dozens of countries throughout the world. -
Mosaic Browser
Mark Andreessen and Eric Bina create the Mosaic browser at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), which helps popularize the World Wide Web among the general public. -
First Internet Backbone
Jianping Wu leads the development of CERNET, the first Internet backbone in China, helping it become the largest national academic network in the country. -
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Wikipedia
Jimmy Wales launches Wikipedia. There are half a million Internet users. https://www.wikipedia.org/ -
World’s Longest WiFi Record
Ermanno Pietrosemoli secures the world record for the longest WiFi connection at 382 km.
