History of the Internet from Melih Bilgil on Vimeo.
1969-2012Briefly, the events that lead up to the modern internet as we know it.
1969 - ARPANET is the first networked computer system in the world. It connected four computers from four different universities together and allowed for communication and joint projects at the universities. 1972 - ARPANET is demonstrated, Ray Tomlinson writes the first "E-Mail" program. In 1973, e-mail is the primary use of networked computers. Late 1970's - Networking is streamlined by the development of the Internet Protocol (IP) and allows for greater uniformity. Uniformity is key for creating any global system January 22, 1984 - Apple Macintosh is released. It sets a new standard for personal computing. Aimed at the middle class (rather than say big companies) the Macintosh was about 25% of the cost of similar hardware upon release. Bill Gates praised it for setting a new standard in hardware. |
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1989 - Tim Berners-Lee proposes the idea of creating the World Wide Web at CERN. However, he was told that it would have to be a side project.
October 1990 - Berners-Lee starts work on the World Wide Web. It is released 2 months later to CERN only. Summer 1991 - "www." servers are released unto the internet as a whole. World Wide Web was actually the name of the first client that allowed a user to browse his network, called "Enquire." The network was originally intended for the sharing research and information around the globe. 1993 - Andreessen co-writes "Mosaic", the first browser program that echoes modern browser software. It is the first widely used internet browser. 1995 - Google goes into beta. The largest search engine starts with a simple search bar and a message warning that the software is in beta and is likely to malfunction. You could choose how many results showed up as well. 1997-2000 - The internet boom shows a rapid rise in the cost of internet stocks as due to the commercial growth of the internet. The bubble peaked in March of 2000. 2000-2001 - "Dot-Com Bubble" pops. Many companies are run to the ground. Many companies were not even companies, just fraudulent grabs at money by abusing investors, which was part of the reason why the bubble burst. And a few lucky companies were lucky enough to crash almost completely and survive. Amazon.com for example was at a share price of $107 pre-pop, then dropped to $7 but currently has exceeded $200 a share. 2004 - 2006 - These three years saw the beginnings of Social Media. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and many others were released unto the web and soon began to grow. They had many competitors and they were often introduced to compete with other companies. Their ease of use and ability to advertise allowed them to succeed (though technically YouTube did not advertise until after Google's purchase, but it is now a very profitable company). 2012 - Steve Jobs dies, OSX Lion released and Windows 8 scheduled for winter of this year. Return to Home |