1. H i s t o r y o f t h e I n t e r n e t I l l u s t r a t e d b y : C a r l A n g e l o G. A n g c a n a

2. The Internet originated in the late 1960s 1 9 6 0 ’ s

3. US Dept. of Def. ARPANet Advanced Research Projects Agency network the United States Defense Department developed ARPAnet (Advanced Research Projects Agency network)

4. an experimental network of computers designed to withstand partial outages such as a bomb attack.

5. The agency sought to create a web of computers that could continue to communicate with each other, even if some of the computers were disabled

6. Mid-1980’s when desktop computer workstations became increasingly popular

7. “$” LAN organizations wanted to connect their local area networks (LANs) to ARPAnet. If computers could link together and share resources, everyone would benefit.

8. National Science Foundation 1986 To help speed the connections, the National Science Foundation (NSF) established

9. 5 supercomputing centers five super computing centers in 1986, creating the NSFnet backbone

10. NSFnet National Science Foundation Network ARPAnet MERIT NETWORK INC. In 1987, the NSF signed a cooperative agreement to manage the NSFnet backbone with Merit Network, Inc.,

11. 1990’s ARPAnet had been phased out

12. NSFnet National Science Foundation Network NSFnet continued to grow,

13. and more and more countries around the world connected to this Internet backbone.

14. 1991 was a big year for the Internet:

15. World Wide Web The National Research and Education Network (NREN) was founded and the World Wide Web was released.

16. The Internet is still dominated by scientists and other academics,

17. Mosaic Browser With the release of the Mosaic Web browser in 1993

18. Netscape Browser and Netscape in 1994, interest in and use of the World Wide Web exploded.

19. More and more communities become wired, enabling direct connections to the Internet.

20. US Flag In 1995, the U.S. federal government relinquished its management role in the Internet

21. However, the presidential administration encourages continued development of the U.S. backbone of the Internet, also knows as the National Information Infrastructure

22. Thank you.

23. H i s t o r y o f t h e I n t e r n e t I l l u s t r a t e d b y : C a r l A n g e l o G. A n g c a n a

24. Reference: http://ils.indiana.edu/faculty/umikerse/Pare nts/BriefHistory.html For the Brief History of Internet