Activity 10 timeline history of internet
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Timeline History
ofthe
Internet
1836 Telegraph
Revolutionized human
(tele)communications.
1858- 1866
Transatlantic cable
Allowed direct instantaneous
communication across the atlantic.
1957 Sputnik
Satellites play an important role in transmitting all
sorts of data today.
1876 Telephones
Modems provide digital to audio
conversions to allow computers to
connect over the telephone network.
1962 -
1968
Packet-switching
(PS) networks
Hard to eavesdrop
on mesasges.
1969 Birth of Internet
First node at UCLA(Los
Angeles)
1972Internetwo
rking Working Group
(INWG)
It is created to address need
for establishing agreed upon
protocols.
1971 E-mail
A program to send messages
across a distributed network.
1973 Global Networking
becomes a reality
Ethernet outlined- this is
how local networks are
basically connected today.
1974Transmission
Control Program
(TCP)
It is the basis of Internet
communication
1977E-mail
takes off, Internet
becomes a reality.
THEORYNET provides
electronic mail to over 100
researchers in computer science
1976Networking
comes to many.
UNIX was and still is the main operating
system used by universities and
research establishments.
1979 USENET
It is a collection of discussions and news groups.
1979 part 2
First Mulituser Dungeon
ARPA establishes the
Internet Configuration Control Board.
1982 TCP and IP
Transmission Control
Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP
1981 BITNET
the "Because It's Time NETwork" Started as a cooperative network at
the City University of New York, with the first
connection to Yale.
1990The world comes on-
line.
becoming the first commercial
provider of Internet dial-up
access.
1991 WWW
Easy access to any form
of information.
1993 NSF
Directory, registration,
and information
services .
1997 Wi-Fi
In 1999, a wireless
technology called 802.11b is
standardized.
1994 Commercialization begins
US Senate and House provides
information servers.
1996WWW
browser war
Netscape VS
Microsoft
1992 Surfing the Net
It was coined by Jean Armour
Polly.
Reference:
http://www.netvalley.com/archives/mirrors/davemarsh-timeline-1.htm
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