The document traces the history and development of the Internet from its origins as the ARPANET network established by the US Department of Defense in the late 1950s through key developments in the 1980s such as the creation of email and the domain name system. It highlights major events and innovations from the commercialization of the Internet in the 1990s through the growth of e-commerce, social media, and mobile Internet access in the 2000s and 2010s. Major topics covered include the transition from ARPANET to the Internet, the invention of the World Wide Web, the dot-com boom and bust, and the rise of companies like Google, Amazon, YouTube and social networks.

1. • Development of electronic
computers
• President Eisenhower
requests funds to
create ARPA (Advanced
Research Projects
Agency). Approved as a
line item in Air Force
appropriations bill.
1958
1966
• ARPA project begins
where Larry Roberts is
chief scientist.
• First to fifth nodes were
installed in different
places.
• In networks, a processing
location. A node can be
a computeror some
other device, such as
a printIn networks, a
processing location. A
node can be
a computeror some
other device, such as
a printer.
1969 1970

2. 1983
• First basic email programs written by
Ray Tomlinson at BBN
for ARPANET: SNDMSG
and READMAIL. "@" sign
chosen for its "at"
meaning.
• Cisco (is the worldwide
leader in networking that
transforms how people
connect, communicate
and collaborate.)
Systems founded.
• ARAPANET ends.
• Tim BernersLee creates the World
Wide Web.
• World Wide Web is all the
resources and users on
the Internet that are using
the Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP).
• Domain Name
System (DNS) designed
by Jon Postel, Paul
Mockapetris, and Craig
Partridge. .edu, .gov,
.com, .mil, .org, .net, and
.int created.
1972
1990

3. `
2000
• Netscape
Communication
s was founded.
• Jeff Bezos writes
the business plan
for Amazon.com.
• Java's first public
demonstration.
1994
• Fixed wireless, high-speed
Internet technology is now
seen as a viable
alternative to copper and
fiber optic lines placed in
the ground.
• The Dot-Com Bubble
bursts. A majority of the
dot-coms ceased trading
after burning through their
venture capital, often
without ever making a net
profit.
• The Code Red worm and
Sircam virus infiltrate
thousands of web servers
and email accounts,
respectively, causing a
spike in Internet bandwidth
usage and security
breaches.
• First uncompressed realtime gigabit HDTV
transmission across a
wide-area IP network
takes place on Internet2.
2001

4. • The Research project
"How much
information 2003"
finds that Instant
messaging
generates five billion
messages a day
(750GB), or 274
Terabytes a year and
that e-mail generates
about 400,000
terabytes of new
information each year
worldwide.
2003
2005
• YouTube.com launches.
• AOL announces that they
will give for free virtually
every service for which it
charged a monthly fee,
with income coming
instead from advertising.
• Google Inc. acquires
YouTube for $1.65 billion
in a stock-for-stock
transaction.
2006

5. • Microsoft launches its
various consumer
versions of Microsoft
Vista.
• 1.114 billion people use
the Internet according to
Internet World Stats
• Search engine giant
Google surpasses
Microsoft as "the most
valuable global brand,"
and also is the most
visited Web site.
2013
• About 250 billion emails
are sent every day.
• There’s an estimated 637
million websites (source),
of which there are over
250 million blogs.
• Right now, 10% of all
retail spending is done
online.
• They are going to spend
more on Internet
advertising to reach
audiences on the Internet,
and they are going to
spend more on Internet
advertising to convince
the audiences there to
turn on the TV — where
they will see TV
commercials.
PRESENT
2007

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