a simple presentation about the timeline of the history of the internet :) i hope you'll appreciate it.

1. • invented Telegraph
• invented the Morse
code
1836
• the USSR launches
Sputnik which is the
first artificial earth
satellite.
1957
• invention of
transatlantic cable that
allows direct
instantaneous
communication
across the Atlantic
18581866
• The packetswitching (PS)
networks was
developed
19621968
• Alexander Graham
Bell exhibits the
telephone which
exchanges provide the
backbone of Internet
connections today.
1876
• It is the year that the
internet was born
• ARPANET commissioned
by DoD for research into
networking
1969

2. • E-mail was
invented
• People already
communicates
over a network
1971
• Packets become mode
of transfer
• Telenet, a commercial
version of
ARPANET, opened- the
first public packet data
service
1974
• Computers can connect
more freely and easily
• Internetworking
Working Group (INWG)
created to address need
for establishing agreed
upon protocols
1972
• Networking comes to
many
• Queen Elizabeth
sends out an e-mail
1976
• Global Networking
becomes reality
• Ethernet outlinedthis how local
networks are
basically connected
today
1973
• E-mail takes off and
internet becomes
reality
• There is already a
mail specification
1977

3. • News Groups was born
• Computer Science
Department was
established in USA
• USENET established using
UUCP
1979
• Name server developed
1983
• Bitnet, the "because it's
time network" started as a
cooperative network at the
City of New York
• CSNET established to
provide networking
services.
1981
• Internet Activities Board
(IAB)
established, replacing
ICCB
• Berkeley releases new
version of UNIX 4.2BSD
incorporating TCP/IP
1984
• TCP/IP defines future
communication
• DCA and ARPA establishes
the Transmission Control
Protocol (TCP) and Internet
protocol (IP)
1982
• number of hosts
breaks 1,000
• Domain Name Server
(DNS) introduced
• JANET (Joint Academic
Network) established in
UK
1986

4. • 5,000 hosts and 241
newsgroups
• NSFNET created
• Network News Transfer
Protocol (NNTP)
designed to enhance
Usenet news
performance over
TCP/IP
• UUNET is founded
with Usenix funds to
provide commercial
UUCP and Usenet
access
• NSFNET backbone
upgraded to T1
(1.544 Mbps)
• Internet Relay Chat
(IRC) developed
1987
1988
• Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) and Internet
Research Task Force(IRTF)
comes into existance under
the IAB
• First Relays between a
commercial electronic mail
carrier and the internet
• ARPANET ceases to exists
• Archie released files can be
searched nd retrieved (FTP)
by name
• the World comes on-line
becoming the first
commercial provider of
Internet dial- up access
• Commercial Internet
eXchange (CIX)
Association, Inc. fored after
NSF lifts restrictions on the
commercial us of the net
• Text based, menu driven
interface to access internet
resources
1989
1990
1991
1986

5. • 19.5 Million
hosts, 1 million
WWW
sites, 71,618
newsgroups
• wireless
technology
called 802.11b
1997
1999
• 4G wireless
networks are
launched in
United States
2010
• one laptop per child
begins
• netbook are small
portable computers with
extended battery life
and built-in Wi-Fi
connectivity
2005
• technology companies are
working with educators and
independent developers to
provide immersive eperiences.
• multi-touch technology begins
to appear in handheld devices
and netbook
2011