Timeline history of internet

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

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