Eisenhower, ARPA, Berners-Lee, and the Rise of the Internet
1. 1958
President Eisenhower
requests funds to create
ARPA.
1980
Tim Berners-Lee writes
program called "Enquire
Within," predecessor to
the World Wide Web.
1990
ARPAnet ends. Tim
Berners-Lee creates the
World Wide Web.
1991
The World Wide Web was
open to public
1999
802.11b, a wireless
technology, was made.
March 2007
1.114 billion people use
the Internet