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HISTORY OF INTERNET
HISTORY OF
INTERNET
1973
Internet ideas started
1972
1969military attack destroys conventional communications systems.
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between the sender's name and network name in the email address.
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1981
1977
1974- A commercial version of ARPANET. - First public packet data service
THEORYNET provides electronic mail to over 100 researchers in computer science (using a locally developed E-mail system and TELENET for access to server).
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
1991
1986
1983Internet gets bigger
NSFNET created (backbone speed of 56 Kbps. NSF establishes 5 super-computing centre to provide high-computing power for all.
World Wide Web was established.
1997
1996
1995CompuServe, America Online, and Prodigy start providing dial-up Internet access.
Sun Microsystems releases the Internet programming language called Java.
The WWW browser war begins, fought primarily between Netscape and Microsoft, has rushed in a new age in software development, whereby new releases are made quarterly with the help of Internet users eager to test upcoming (beta) versions.
19.5 Million Hosts, 1 Million WWW sites, 71,618 Newsgroups.
2004
2002
1999A wireless technology called 802.11b, more commonly referred to as Wi-Fi, is standardized. And is use up to now.
As of January, 58.5% of the U.S. population (164.14 million people) uses the Internet. Worldwide there are 544.2 million users.
Internet Worm, called MyDoom or Novarg, spreads through Internet servers. About 1 in 12 email messages are infected.
20114G Wireless Networks are launched in the United States,
allowing for high-speed connections to devices such as cell phones, tablet computers, netbooks, and laptops.
2010
2005The One Laptop Per Child project begins. Netbooks are small portable computers with extended battery life and built-in Wi-Fi connectivity.
4G Wireless Networks are launched in the United States, allowing for high-speed connections to devices such as cell phones, tablet computers, netbooks, and laptops.
