INTERNET TIMELINE TRIVIA & Devolopment

INTERNET TIMELINE TRIVIA

1957: The Advanced Research Projects Agency (AARPA) is formed.

1961: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) began researching


data-sharing potential. There are fewer than 9,500 computers in the world

1966: ARPANET is under development, packet-switching technology is launched.

1969: ARPANET is launched.

1971: The number of nodes on the ARPANET is 15.

1973: London and Norway join ARPANET. Global communications are launched.

1974: TCP is launched. Data communication speeds increase and the reliability of data transmission improves.

1975: The first ARPANET mailing list is launched. TCP tests are run successfully from the U.S. mainland to Hawaii as well as to the U.K., via satellite links.


1976: Unix is developed.

1978: TCP and IP split into two separate protocols.

1982: TCP/IP becomes the standard used by the Department of Defense for data communication within the U.S. military’s network.


1984: The number of nodes on the Internet is over 1,000. Domain Name Service is launched.

1987: The number of nodes on the Internet is over 10,000.

1988: The Internet experiences its first Internet worm.

1989: The number of nodes on the Internet is over 100,000.

1990: ARPANET is disbanded. The first commercial Internet service provider (ISP) is launched.


1991: The first Internet connection is made (at 9600 baud). The World Wide Web is launched.


1992: The number of nodes on the Internet is over 1,000,000.

1994: The WWW becomes the most popular service on the Internet.Some radio stations start broadcasting over the Internet.


1995: Internet streaming technology is introduced.

1996: Web browser software vendors begin a ‘‘browser war.’’

1997: Over 70,000 mailing lists are now registered.

1998: The 2,000,000th domain name is registered.

2000: The first major denial-of-service (DoS) attack is launched. Most major websites are affected.


2002: Blogs become cool.

2003: Flash mobs are born. Flash mobs are groups of people who gather online and plan a meeting in a public place. Once they assemble, they perform a predetermined action, ranging from pillow fights to zombie walks. The participants leave as soon as the meeting is over. (Wikipedia has a good article about flash mobs:)


2005: The Microsoft Network (MSN) reports that there are over 200 million active Hotmail accounts.


2006: Joost is launched, allowing for the sharing of TV shows and video using peer-to-peer technology.


2008: Online search engine Technorati reported that they are
now tracking and indexing over 112 million online blogs.