History of the Internet

By JThomas95

  • ARPANET Establish 4 Node Network

    Created by the US Department of Defense to enable long distance computer communication.

  • First Email Sent and Received

    Sent by Ray Tomlinson, who worked for ARPANET and the Bolt, Beranek and Newman Firm
  • NSFNET Takes Over

    NSFNET Takes Over

    Funded by the National Science Foundation that created the backbone for the internet Image from https://www.nsf.gov/impacts/internet
  • Mosaic Developed

    Mosaic Developed

    Created by NCSA at the University of Illinois Image sourced from https://web.archive.org/web/19980223154120/http://ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/

  • Netscape Established

    Successor to Mosaic that popularized the world wide web
  • Amazon and Ebay Launch

    Amazon and Ebay Launch

    Amazon and Ebay are launched as the first widespread commercial websites Image sourced from www.amazon.com

  • Jacob's Birth

  • Internet Explorer Released

    Web browser released by Microsoft

  • Wifi Becomes Available Publicly

  • ICANN Established

    ICANN Established

    Created to administer domain names Imaged sourced from https://www.icann.org

  • Bluetooth 1.0 is Launched

  • Apple iPod is Released

  • Facebook Started

  • YouTube Launches

  • iPhone is Introduced