history of the internet

packet switching

Jul 1, 1962

packet switching was developed. developed for the military to send messages that were dificult to intercept and could withstand attack

birth of the internet

Jul 28, 1969

dod research into networking
unix used as a opperating system

email

Jul 28, 1971

people communicate over the network developed by the dod using crude e-mail

international commnications

Jul 28, 1973

first international communication over a network betweek england and norway, ethernet ideas and file transfer protocols developed

tpc and ip

Aug 2, 1974

tpc and ip protocals developed

e-mail client

Aug 2, 1975

the first e-mail client that featured reply and forward functions

networking comes to many

Jul 28, 1976

the queen sends an e-mail and unix is developed

email takes off

Jul 28, 1977

e-mail expands and the internet takes off plus the first pc modem

bss

Aug 2, 1978

bss or buliten bourd system

mud

Aug 2, 1979

the first multiplayer game and internet discussion system

european networking

Jul 30, 1982

europe starts to connect via networking and external gateway protocols are made plus the first emoticon

unix

Jul 30, 1983

unix is further developed and more desktop computers are made so that there is more acces to the internet and futher internet host creation

Dns

Jul 30, 1984

more than 1000 internet servers. dns or the name of the website is made

protocol wars

Aug 2, 1986

protocol wars

nsfnet

Jul 30, 1988

nsfnet was uppgraded to 1.5 mbps and internet chat was made

no of hostes

Jul 30, 1989

no of hostes tops 100 000 ant AOL is launched

dial up

Aug 4, 1990

first commercial dialup and isp

www

Jul 30, 1991

early version of the www is develped
text based and menu driven interface to use the internet
first webpage and search engin

www

Jul 30, 1991

WWW is developed and distributed and nsfnet is upgraded to 44.7 mbps
MP3 becomes standard and the first webcam

multimedia

Jul 30, 1992

term surfing the net is developed and the no of servers tops 1000000

.gov

Aug 2, 1993

the gov sets up web pages and .gov and .org domain names

commercialisation

Jul 30, 1994

3 million hosts, 10 000 www websites internet celebrates 25 years and bussinesses adopt the internet.

more commercialisation

Jul 30, 1995

6.5 million hosts 100 000 www sites. JAVA and ActiveX comes along

web mail

Aug 2, 1996

first web mail service

expansion

Jul 30, 1997

microsoft came along, 19.5 million hosts, 1 million www sites

GOOGLE!!!!!

Aug 2, 1998

GOOGLE IS INVENTED and file sharing

wifi

Jul 30, 1999

wifi becomes available

20 million

Jul 30, 2000

20 million websites

Wiki

Aug 2, 2001

wikipedia is launched

Skype

Aug 2, 2003

skype is launched and VoIP goes main stream and my space

youtube

Jul 30, 2005

youtube is launched

twiter

Aug 2, 2006

twitter starts

itunes

Jul 30, 2007

1 billion itunes downloads

the future

Jul 30, 2020

the internet will dominate our lives and it will connect the world, from rejional napal to new york