History of the internet
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Updated: 23 Jul 2021
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Created byYash Ghorpade
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People made computers early on, during ww2ARPA started building a networkEngineers knew computers send messages to quickly to make circuit switching practical.Stanford becomes the official record-keeper of everyone's addresses60 computersOver 100 computersSimilar networks were being made across the worldConnecting to different networks together was solvedTCP/IP or Transmission Control Protocol/Internet ProtocolEmail was inventedEmails made up more than three quaters of ARPANETS packetsDepartment of Defense realised it had long-since accomplished its goal.ARPANET project was ended, replaced by NSFNETUN declared uncensored internet access a human right that deserves protectionInternet grew from four computers20,000 on guarded networksNational Science Foundation's NSFNET was the best candidate to take over the ARPNETNSFNET decided to connect private networks' email servers to NSFNETFirst ISPsCongress passed a law allowing commercial traffic on NSFNETNSFNET shut downTim Berners-Lee invented the webHypertext was inventedWeb was made publicNetscape Navigator was releasedThe internet bubble burst, triggering a massive stock market decline.GeoCities first came onlineYahoo shut down most of GeoCitiesFacebook passed MyspacePeople started using broadbandBroadband took over dial-upPeriods
Colleges started separating their computer terminalsFew companies started selling access to networks
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