HISTORY OF INTERNET
1957:-
USSR (UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS) launches Sputnik into space. In response, the U.S.A. creates an advanced research projects agency (ARPA) with the mission of becoming the leading force in science and new technologies.
1962:-
J.C.R Licklider of M.I.T. proposes the concept of a "GALACTIC NETWORK."
For the first time, ideas about a global network of computers introduced. J.C.R. Licklider is later chosen to head ARPA's research efforts.
1962:-
Paul Baran, a member of the RAND corporation, determines a way for the air force to control bombers and missiles in case of a nuclear event. His results called for a decentralized network comprised of network switches.
1968:-
ARPA contracts out work to BBN. BBN is called upon to build the first switch
1969:-
ARPANET created - BBN created the first switch network by linking four different nodes in California and UTAH. One at the University of UTAH, one at the University of California at Santa Barbara, one at Stanford, and one at the University of California at Los Angeles
1972:-
Ray Tomlinson working for BBN, created the first program devoted to email
ARPA officially changes its name to DARPA (DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY). The network control protocol is introduced to allow computers.running on the same network to communicate with each other
1973:-
Vinton Cerf working from Stanford, and Bob Kahn from DARPA, begin work developing TCP/IP to allow computers on different networks to communicate with each other.
1974:-
KAHN and CERF referred to the system internet for the first time
1976:-
ethernet is developed by DR. Robert M Metcalfe. SATNET, a satellite program, is developed to link the united states and Europe. Satellites are owned by a consortium of nations, thereby expanding the reach of the internet beyond the U.S.A.
1979:-
USENET, the first newsgroup network is developed by tom Truscott , Jim Ellis, and Steve Bellovin
I.B.M. introduces BITNET to work on emails and listserve systems.
1983:-
TCP/IP becomes the standard for internet protocol .domain name system is introduced to allow domain names to automatically be assigned an I.P. number.
1984:-
MCI creates T1 lines to allow for faster transportation of information over the internet
1990:-
Advanced network and services (A.N.S.) form to research new ways to make internet speed even faster-. the group develops the T3 line and installs in on a number of networks
A hypertext system is created and implemented by time Berners - lee while working for CERN.
the first search engine is created by MEGIL university, called the Archie search engine
1991:-
CERN releases the WORLD WIDE WEB publicly on august 6th, 1991
1993:-
InterNIC release to provide general services, a database, and an internet directory
The first web browser, mosaic (created by NCSA), is released. Mosaic later becomes the NETSCAPE browser, which was the most popular browser in the mid-1990s
1994:-
First internet bank opened: FIRST VIRTUAL
1996:-
The W.W.W. browser wars are waged
Mainly between Microsoft and NETSCAPE
new versions are released quarterly with the aid of internet users excited to test new (beta) versions. Internet two projects were initiated by 34 universities.
Internet service providers begins appearing, such as sprint and MCI. Nokia releases the first cellphone with internet access
1998:-
Internet corporation for assigned names and numbers (ICANN) created to be able to oversee a number of internet-related tasks
1999:-
A wireless technology called 802 .11B, more commonly referred as WIFI, is standardized
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