Internet Timeline
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Updated: 31 Oct 2018
Key Points of the Creation of the Internet
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Created byZandher Salcedo
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Leonard Kleinrock pioneers Packet-SwitchingASCII Is Developed by a joint-industry government committeeJon Postel helps create the first Internet Address RegistryVint Cerf and Robert Kahn publish a story about TCP and coin the term "Internet"The First U.S. Research and Education Network is developed with the help of Dr. Stephen WolffVan Jacobson develops algorithms for the TCP that help solve the problem of congestion in the InternetWorld Wide Web is made available to the public for the first time on the InternetJimmy Wales launches Wikipedia; there were half a million internet users by this timeErmano Pietrosemoli sets the world record for the longest wifi connection at 382 kmChina dominates Internet Usage; 450 million users by this timeBlogs first start appearing as web-publishing tools start becoming available to non-technical users which help increase their popularityMP3 is Developed by Bradenburg and his teamDonald Watts Davies of England publishes his paper on "packet-switching" where he also coins the termDevelopment will begin on what will eventually be called TCP/IP Protocol by a group headed by Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn. This will allow diverse computer networks to communicate with each otherPeriods
Paul Baran of the Rand Corporation develops message blocks in the US while Donald Davies at the National Physical Laboratory in Britain creates a similar technology called packet-switching. These new technologies revolutionize data communications
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