1858-1866- The Transatlantic cable
was created
1957- USSR launches Sputnik
1969- ARPANET commissioned for
research into networking
1971- Invention of E-mail
1972 - First public demo of
ARPANET
1973ARPANET has its 1st
international connections
1976- Networking is exposed to many as Queen Elizabeth II
sends out an e-mail
1977- THEORYNET provides e-
mail to over 100 comp. sci. researchers
1981 - BITNET is born (Because
It's Time Network)
1982 - Transmission Internet
Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) established
1984 - Domain Name Server
(DNS) is introduced
1988- Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
is developed.
1990 - ARPANET ceases to
exist
1991- Gopher was released
by Paul Lindner and Mark P. McCahill
1991 - The World Wide Web (WWW) is released by
CERN
1992 - "Surfing the Internet"
is coined by Jean Armour Polly
1993 - Netscape is developed one of the most popular
browsers to date.
1995 - Dial-up Systems begin
to provide internet access
1996 - Microsoft starts
supplying their own web browser
1999 - 802.11b (Wi-fi)
becomes standardized
2010- 4G Networks launch in the
U.S. providing high speed internet connections
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