Timeline history of internet
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1957USSR launches Sputnik, first artificial earth satelliteIn response, US forms the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) within the Department of Defense to establish lead in science and technology applicable to the military
1969 ARPANET commissioned by Department of Defense for research into networking
197115 nodes(23 hosts) on ARPANETEmail is inventedFirst virus was created called Creeper
1972 First public demonstration of
ARPANET between 40 machinesInternetworking Working Group (INWG) created to address need
for establishing agreed upon protocols
1974Transmission Control Program
(TCP) specified. Packet network intercommunication, basis of
Internet CommunicationTelenet, a commercial version
of ARPANET opened-first public packet data service
1976UUCP (Unix –to-Unix CoPy) developed at AT&T
Bell Labs and distributed with UNIX
1977Number of hosts breaks 100
THEORYNET provides email to over 100 researchers in computer science using a locally developed email
system and telenet for access to serverFirst demonstration of ARPANET/Packet Radio
Net/SATNET operation of Internet protocols over gateways
1979USENET established using UUCP
First MUD (Multiuser Dungeon), interactive multiuser sites. Interactive adventure games, board
games, rich and detailed databasesARPA establishes the Internet Configuration
Control Board (ICCB)Packet Radio Network (PRNET) experiment starts with ARPA funding. Most communications take
place between mobile vans
1981BITNET (Because It’s Time NETwork) provides email and
list servers to distribute information as well as file transfers
CSNET (Computer Science NETwork) established to provide networking services (specially email) to university
scientists with no access to ARPANET; later known as Computer and Science Network
1982DCA and ARPA establishes the Transmission Control
Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) as the protocol suite; commonly known as TCP/IP for ARPANET
EUnet (European UNIX Network) created by EUUG to provide email and USENET services. Original connections
between the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and UK.External Gateway Protocol (EGP) used for gateways
between (different architecture) networks
1983 Name server developed
Desktop workstations come into being Internet Activities Board (AB) established replacing ICCB
Berkeley releases new version of UNIX 4.2BSD incorporating TCP/IP
EARN (European Academic and Research Network) established on similar lines to BITNET
1984Number of hosts breaks 1000
Domain Name Server (DNS) introducedJANET (Joint Academic Network)
established in UKModerated newsgroups introduced on
USENET
19865000 hosts, 241 newsgroups
NSFNET created (backbone speed of 56 kbps)
NSF establishes 5 super-computing centers to provide high-computing power for allNetwork News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
designed to enhance Usenet news performance over TCP/IP
1989Number of hosts breaks 100,000
First relays between a commercial electronic mail carrier and the Internet
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) comes into existence under
the IAB
1990 300,000 Hosts. 1,000 News groups
ARPANET ceases to existArchie 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.
1991Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) provides a
mechanism for indexing and accessing information on the Internet.
World-wide web (WWW) originally developed to provide a distributed hypermedia system.
Easy access to any form of information anywhere in the world.
1992First MBONE audio multicast (March) and video multicast
(November).The term "Surfing the Internet" is
coined by Jean Armour Polly.
1994Number of Hosts 3 Million. 10,000 WWW sites. 10,000 News groups.ARPANET/Internet celebrates 25th
anniversary
1995Microsoft launches Internet
Explorer.
References: http://www.netvalley.com/archives/mirrors/davemarsh-timeline-1.htm
1997AOL launches instant messenger
1998Google founded
2001Wikipedia launches
http://www.avg.com/history-of-internet
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