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Telegram
Cooke and Wheatstone patented this idea because it revolutionised human telecommunications. -
Transatlantic Cable
Cyrus West Field was the brains behind the first Transatlantic Cable in 1857 when it was unsuccessful. In 1858 it was successfully completed. -
Telephone
Invented by Alexander Graham Bell, the telephone was the backbone of the internet we have today. -
USSR Launches Sputnik
First artificial satellite. This started the global telecommunications . Plays an important role in transmitting data to this day. -
Packet-switching (PS) Networks Developed
The internet relies on packets to transfer data. Originated with the military for the best security in transferring information. There was more than one way to send information through this. -
Invention of the Internet
Revolutionized this world lilke nothing has ever before! Represents one of the best examples in the benifit of sustained investment. The original was ARPANET. -
People communicate over network
E-mail was invented and peolpe could then communicate iin an easier way. This process is still in use today and almost everyone has an account to recieve and send e-mails. People use e-mail everyday, one of the best internet inventions -
Internet gets bigger
The desktop working stations come into use at this point. But it is hard to remeber the exact internet paths, so they use meaningful names instead. -
Modernization
Large bodies of knowledge were formed like the email, text and electronic books. Basics of the world wide web we see today. -
Multimedia
Surfing the internet first became a term. This changed the way we used the internet and the amount we used it. The number of hosts broke one million! -
Microsoft
12.8 million hosts and .5 million World Wide sites. Produced by Bill Gates this cathces the attention of the US telecommunication companies.
