THE INTERNET History and Origin
computer filled an entire room Cost = $300,000+ Not found in homes Only in governments, some universities and large corporations
Late 1950s Tension between the USSR and the US USSR launches Sputnik, first artificial earth satellite Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) formed by US Department of Defense Goal = develop technology to communicate during a nuclear attack
1960s1960s Doug Engelbart makes an "oNLine System" (NLS) which does hypertext browsing, editing, , and so on He invents the mouse to help navigate Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) started sharing information in small, phone-linked networks
1969 ARPANET Figured out that you could connect several computers together and “talk” Connected 4 sites: –University of California at LA –University of California at SB –Stanford Research Institute –University of Utah
1970s1970s 63+ total organizations in network - including Harvard, NASA, and international organizations First sent TCP (Transmission Control Program) begins UNIX developed at AT&T USENET developed – mother of all networked discussion groups
1980s1980s host computers in network TCP/IP protocol was introduced Name server developed The first registered domain = Symbolics.com Symbolics.com First widespread Internet worm affects thousands of computers
1990s1990s HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) arrives Tim Berners-Lee links components to form World Wide Web Annual growth of Internet 300,000+%!! Happy 25 th birthday, ARPANET
1990s (cont.) RealAudio introduces streaming Internet Dial-up emerges (AOL, Compuserve) MCI, Microsoft and Netscape to have most popular Internet browser 70,000+ mailing lists exist
Early 2000s Code Red worm and Sircam virus cause security breaches in thousands of web servers and accounts First real-time HDTV transmission across a wide-area network Blogs become popular Law creates kids-safe domain (kids.us) More DNS root servers internationally