1. 1968
1969
1971
1972
1973
1976
• Beginning of Internet
• ARPANET: 4 Computers Connected
• Telnet Created
• FPI (File Transfer Protocol) created
• 23 Computers connected
• Vinton Cerf (Father of internet)-chairman of
Internetworking Networking Group.
• Email was created by Ray Thomlinson
• Vinton Cerf developed TCP/IP (Transmission
Control Protocol)
• Robert Metcalfe developed Ethernet

2. 1979
1981
1982
1983
1995
1996
• Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis created USENET
• National Science foundation crated CSNET
for those not connected to ARPANET;
• Term Internet was used for the first time.
• University of Wisconsin- Created DNS (Domain name
Service) --> adresses could be text not numbers (URLS)
• Internet delivers more mail (email) than US Post Office.
• Internet Celebrates 25th Anniversary
• 40,000,000 People connected; 12,000,000 hosts;
number of computers on Internet doubles every 12 to
14 months

3. 2000
• 185 Countries connected, 70,000 Computer
Networks; 300,000,000 People Worldwide
Reference:
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